Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has selected Honeywell Technologies to provide engineering services, licensing and equipment for a planned new 700 000-barrels-per-day (bpd) refinery in Kenya, the US-based company said on Wednesday.
Dangote and Kenya’s President William Ruto broke ground for the $16-billion project in Kenya’s Lamu county, amid criticism from conservationists and affected landowners who are challenging its construction in court.
Building on existing partnership
Honeywell and Dangote worked together at his Nigerian refinery where the company is helping with upgrades to double the plant’s capacity to 1.4-million bpd.
“Through our long-standing relationship with Dangote, we have developed proven large-train engineering designs that can be applied to the Kenya refinery to significantly reduce time-to-market,” Honeywell Technologies UOP president Rajesh Gattupalli said in a statement.
The refinery will supply diesel, petrol and jet fuel to Kenya, East Africa’s largest economy, with products also exported to countries across the region.
- Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has chosen Honeywell Technologies for engineering services, licensing, and equipment for a planned 700,000-barrels-per-day refinery in Kenya.
- The $16-billion refinery project broke ground in Kenya's Lamu county, with Dangote and President William Ruto officiating the event.
- Honeywell previously collaborated with Dangote on upgrading his Nigerian refinery to double its capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day.
- Honeywell Technologies UOP president Rajesh Gattupalli stated their engineering designs can reduce the Kenya refinery's time-to-market.
- The refinery will produce diesel, petrol, and jet fuel for Kenya and export products to countries across East Africa.
