ã€Packaging News】 Honeywell (NYSE: HON) UOP announced today that Nigeria will use UOP's patented process technology, catalysts and equipment to build Africa's largest refinery, reducing its imports of fuel and petrochemical products Dependency.
Dangote Oil Refining will use UOP technology to build a world-class integrated oil and chemical production base in the Lekki Free Trade Zone near Lagos, Nigeria.
According to the Oil & Gas Journal data, Nigeria's proved oil reserves rank second in Africa, with approximately 37.2 billion barrels. However, due to the lack of refining capacity in Nigeria, most of the current oil products still need to be imported.
For more than a century, UOP has always been committed to designing modern refineries and chemical plants with cutting-edge technologies. We are very confident to help Nigeria build this new large-scale integrated production plant. Pete Piotrowski, senior vice president and general manager of Honeywell's UOP process technology and equipment business, said that the Danget project can improve existing Nigerian Refining capacity, reducing import dependence, and injecting new vitality into Nigeria's economic development and transformation.
The Danget Group is the largest industrial group in West Africa and is among the best in the entire African region. The Group's business covers a wide range of industries, including cement, real estate, oil, natural gas, telecommunications, fertilizers, and iron and steel industries. It mainly operates various types of high-value local products and services to meet the needs of Africa's population.
In addition to the processing of crude oil, the production of high-quality gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and emissions that meet Euro 5 standards, the new facility will also produce polypropylene products on a large scale. Polypropylene produced is a key petrochemical raw material for plastics and packaging products.
The UOP technologies used by Dangate Refining Company include:
The UOPRFCC residue fluidized bed catalytic cracking process converts crude oil into transportation fuels and propylene. Propylene is a raw material for the production of polypropylene.
The UOPCC RPlatformingTM catalytic reforming process is used to produce high octane gasoline blending components.
The UOP UnicaringingTM hydrocracking process is used to produce diesel.
The UOPPenexTM isomerization process is used to produce high octane gasoline.
The Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) design was provided by UOP partner Process Consulting Service.