20/04/2017
21 Facts about Dangote Refinery and Chemical Plant:
1. Over $4 billion worth of equipment currently sits on the site.
2. The project is slated to cost $14 billion (N2.8 trillion) of which our own Dangote is contributy $7 billion in equity.
3. The Project Site is larger than Victoria Island Lagos, and is located on 2135 hectares of land in Epe Lagos Near the Lekki
4. It is the largest Industrial Complex in Africa
5. Work goes on in the site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
6. World Record 2,72 million accident free hours, recorded on site without single lost time to injuries
7. It is the largest single train grass roots refinery in the world with a processing capacity of 650,000 BPSD.
8. Dangote Goup brought in #1, #2 and #5 sand dredgers to sand fill the site, 60% of the land being swampy. So far, these dredges have reclaimed 13million meter cubed out of 30 million meter cubed
9. During Contruction, the project will employ 25,000 Nigerians
10. Dangote is investing $7 billion in the project
11. It is the largest Train Refinery project on the planet
12. When this project comes online, Nigeria will save a minimum of $10 billion a year on imports
13. The Ammonia component of the plant will produce 2.8 million tones of Urea
14. Dangote is producing its own electricity to power the plant and by so doing is saving 75% costs. Dangote produces electricity at a rate that is significantly cheaper than the federal government. Dangote's cost is $400, 000/MW while Federal Government is $2000,000/MW
15, All the civil engineering is done by Nigerian companies
16. The plant has an export value of $6 billion per year, meaning Dangote's effort will increase the amount of foreign exchange in Nigeria's Foreign Reserve by at least 40% of current Value on a yearly basis
17. Alhahi Aliko Dangote said when this project comes on line, his friend Femi Otedola will save at least N26 per litre on millions of litres of diesel and petrol which his companies import annually. This savings will be passed on the consumers and it will take a lot of pressure off the banks
18. Billions of Naira were paid to acquire the Land and settle the existing communities. More money was also allocated and spent to relocate the existing communities
19. This project will restore the dignity of Nigeria, a crude producing country that has for years gone abroad to meet its demand for refined products
20. Refined products to be produced at the plant include but not limited to Propane, Petrol, Jet Fuel, Diesel, Kerosene, Carbon Black, Polypropylene, Polyethylene
21. The United States Trade and Development Agency is supporting this project with $997 million. Very Massive project to stand in the Ibeju-Lekki Axis come 2019.
If a business Mogul Like Dangote can spend $100 million on the 2,135 hectares of land (in Ibeju-Lekki) where the project will be standing on, then anybody with N1.5 million should be thinking of Doing same.
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