President/Chief Executive, Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Aliko Dangote, has announced the expansion of the refinery’s daily production capacity from 650,000 per barrels to 1.4million bpd.

The feat, he said, makes the refinery the world’s largest.

Briefing newsmen in Lagos on Sunday, Dangote said: “The key announcement is that we are expanding the Dangote Refinery from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4m barrels per day.

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“This will make it the largest refinery in the world ever.

“This expansion reflects our confidence in Nigeria’s future, our belief in Africa’s potential and our commitment to building energy independence for our continent and the world.”

With the expansion, he said the refinery will require additional 65,000 workers.