Dangote Refinery gets first crude shipment, set to commence operations

Quoting industry sources and tanker tracking data, S&P Global, in a report on its website, spglobal.com, said that the OTIS tanker, carrying a 950,000 barrel cargo of Nigeria’s Agbami crude, set sail on December 6 en route Lekki, the nearest land port to Dangote’s offshore crude receiving terminal.

The tanker is expected to arrive on December 7 (today) around 8pm. This shipment marks the initiation of crude supplies for the refinery’s operations.