Nigeria retained its position as Africa's top oil producer with 1.235 million barrels per day (bpd) pumped in December. Angola comes next with 1.088 million bpd and Algeria is third with 1.01 million bpd, according to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Le Nigeria pourrait devenir le plus grand raffineur de pétrole d’Afrique d’ici 2025, selon un rapport intitulé « Refineries Watch Q4 2022 » de Hawilti, une société panafricaine de recherche en investissement.
« L’ouverture de la raffinerie de Dangote et la réhabilitation des raffineries appartenant à l’État ont le potentiel de faire du Nigeria le plus grand centre de raffinage d’Afrique d’ici 2025 », indique le rapport.
The report refers to the construction of the Dangote Refinery in Lekki town by the Dangote Group, a Nigerian multinational industrial conglomerate, which started in 2016 and was expected to be completed by the end of 2018. According to the report, the refinery is scheduled to be launched this year.
The estimated capacity of Dangote's refinery is about 650,000 bpd of crude oil, which will make it the largest single-train refinery in the world when it is launched, the report said.
Another way for Nigeria to realise its potential, according to Hawilti, is to rehabilitate its existing public refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna, which have a total refining capacity of 445,000 barrels per day.
Overall, Africa's fuel security is poised for major transformation in 2023, and West Africa is home to the largest refining capacity on the subcontinent with only 23% in operation, the report says.