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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