Lagos, Oct 26, 2025 (AFP) - Nigeria refinery aims to be world's biggest with expansion

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2025-10-26
Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery, already the largest in Africa, aims to become the biggest in the world in three years' time with an expansion doubling its capacity, its owner said on Sunday. "We are more than doubling the barrels (per day)... to 1.4 million from 650,000," said Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian businessman who is Africa's richest person. "This will make it the largest refinery" globally, surpassing India's Jamnagar Refinery, he told a new......
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