The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is operating more reliably and efficiently than ever before, with output surging to around 610,000 barrels per day this month, edging closer to its official nameplate capacity of 650,000bpd, global energy and commodity agency Argus has revealed.
Speaking on a podcast titled "Can the Dangote Refinery Declare Victory Over Doubters?", obtained by our correspondent on Thursday, Editor of the Argus European Products Report, Benedict George, said the facility had exceeded industry expectations in 2025 by running at consistently high levels.
"The Dangote refinery has been running this year more reliably and strongly than ever before. We have seen crude receipts at the refinery and therefore implied run rates growing month on month. In recent months, we have been looking at above 400,000 barrels per day. As of June, we were around 440,000, 450,000 barrels per day. So we are well above half of its nameplate capacity. And output is rising starkly as a result, as you can imagine.