Nigeria’s Dangote taps India’s EIL to double refining capacity to 1.4 million bpd

Nigeria’s Dangote Group has signed a new contract with Engineers India Ltd (EIL) to support the expansion of its refinery, aiming to double processing capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd) within the next three years, company chairman Aliko Dangote said at a press conference in Mumbai on Wednesday.

EIL, headquartered in New Delhi, earlier served as the project management consultant and handled engineering, procurement and construction management for the existing 650,000 bpd facility.