USTDA Provides Training Grant to Dangote Oil Refining Company
July 30, 2015
(USTDA)
LAGOS, Nigeria – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency signed a training
grant with Dangote Oil Refining Company Ltd. to develop the critical human
capacity resources necessary to successfully operate and maintain a greenfield
petroleum refinery located in Lekki, Nigeria. USTDA’s grant will fund a
multi-year program to train more than 100 Company staff on refinery
fundamentals.
“USTDA is pleased to support the Dangote Oil Refining Company’s efforts to
increase Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity,” said USTDA Deputy Director Enoh
Titilayo Ebong, who signed the grant agreement along with Mr. Aliko Dangote,
Chairman and CEO, Dangote Group. “This program builds upon USTDA’s long history
of support for vital infrastructure development in Nigeria.”
“Just over a year ago we decided to address the paradox of Nigeria being one of
the world’s leading producers and exporters of crude oil but also one of the
world’s leading importers of refined petroleum products with our decision to
invest in a 500,000 bpd refinery project,” stated Mr. Dangote. “For a high tech
capital intensive project like this investment, getting the right human capital
to run the plant is considered to be possibly the most critical success factor
and the USTDA grant will go a long way in helping us address this.”
The training is being provided, as part of a whole-of-U.S.-government advocacy
campaign, in support of UOP LLC’s (Des Plaines, Ill.) agreement, through its
affiliate UOP Limited, for the provision of technology licensing and engineering
services to the Dangote Oil Refining Company for the development of the Lekki
refinery. The new refinery will process crude oil to produce high-quality fuels
that meet Euro V specifications for reduced emissions. This agreement is a major
step forward in reducing dependence on imported fuels and petrochemicals in
Nigeria, which the Oil & Gas Journal estimates has the second-largest amount
of proven oil reserves in Africa.
UOP will conduct the training program in Nigeria to maximize the number of
trainees, as the scope is focused on refining processes and engineering, as well
as on health, safety and environmental skills.
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