Dangote Refinery Posts Videos of Tankers Loading Diesel

Nigeria’s enormous Dangote refinery posted videos on social media platform X of it loading a ship and trucks with diesel fuel.

One of the videos shows a vessel, the Golden Lavender, being loaded with diesel.

The tanker’s draft readings indicate the vessel recently took on cargo, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. The shipment looks likely to have been delivered to a buyer in Nigeria, shipping information shows.

Diesel rollout at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki via Sea#alikodangote#dangotepetroleum pic.twitter.com/0OFuvltAVl

— Dangote Group (@DangoteGroup) April 15, 2024

Multiple ships have been taking on various petroleum products from the Dangote refinery, according to Kpler data. One recently loaded vessel, the Nord Master, is signaling Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp, northwest Europe’s oil trading hub.

A second Dangote video shows trucks being loaded, also with diesel:

Diesel rollout at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki via land #alikodangote#dangotepetroleum pic.twitter.com/Ri9uvoUGgF

— Dangote Group (@DangoteGroup) April 15, 2024

Traders are watching the refinery’s ramp up closely. It will have the capacity to process 650,000 barrels a day when fully operational, far exceeding any other plant in Europe or Africa.

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