FULL LIST: Dangote, Waltersmith… private refineries licensed by DPR

April 13, 2021 2:11 pm

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has published a list of private refineries with a valid permit to operate in Nigeria.

As of March 2021, the number of valid refinery project licences stood at 23, with a total capacity of 1.09 million barrels per day (bpd) .

According to the petroleum regulatory agency, the Dangote refinery is above 80.3 percent complete.

The Dangote refinery, which is expected to process 650,000 barrels per day (bpd), is an integrated refinery and petrochemical project under construction in the Lekki Free Zone, Lagos. It is expected to be the Africa’s biggest oil refinery and the world’s biggest single-train facility, upon completion.

Recently, the Dangote group, led by Aliyu Suleiman, its chief strategy officer, had suggested that the national assembly’s joint committee on the petroleum industry bill (PIB) include a provision that oil import licence should be granted to only companies with active refinery licences.

“Nigeria is exceptional in being a major oil producer with near-zero refining capacity. Though the Dangote Refinery will help address this, there could be periods when petroleum products may need to be imported, such as when the refinery is undergoing turnaround maintenance or if demand grows to exceed capacity,” he had said.

“To support this, licence to import any product shortfalls should be assigned only to companies with active refining licences. Import volume to be allocated between participants based on their respective production in the preceding quarter. Such import will be done under the Direct Sale Direct Purchase (DSDP) scheme.”

This means that the private companies should be the ones to benefit from their own failure to do what they were licensed and partly subsidised to deliver to the marketplace. This idea could prevent the forces of demand and supply from determining market trends with imports not being allowed to compete with local supply and hopefully bring about a truly competitive pricing regime.

Below is a list of private companies with a licence to operate a refinery:

S/NO	NAME	LOCATION	STATE
1	Waltersmith Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited	Ibigwe	Imo
2	OPAC Refineries	Umuseti, Kwale	Delta
3	Niger Delta Petroleum Resources (Train 3)	Ogbele	Rivers
4	Dangote Oil Refinery Company	Lekki Free Trade Zone	Lagos
5	Edo Refinery and Petrochemical Company limited	Ikpoba-Okha L.G.A.	Edo
6	Lowrie Refinery Limited	Ika North LGA	Delta
7	Excel Refinery Limited	Peretorugbene Community, Ekeremor L.G.	ABayelsa
8	Conodit Refinery Nigeria Limited	Umukwata	Delta
9	Duport Midstream	Egbokor, Orhionmwon L.G.A.	Edo
10	Clairgold Oil & Gas Engineering Limited	Koko	Delta
11	Ogini Refinery Limited	Ogini, Kwale	Delta
12	Etopo Energy Plc	Burutu	Delta
13	Gasoline Associates International Limited	Ipokia	Ogun
14	NPDC/ND WESTERN OML 34 JV	OML 34 field, Advertisement Ughelli East, Ughelli North LGA	Delta
15	Frao Oil Nigeria Limited	Uzere	Delta
16	Kingdom Global Trading Petroleum & Gas Nig. Ltd.	Okwagbe, Ughelli south L.G.A	Delta
17	Resource Petroleum & Petrochemicals International Advertisement Incorporated	Ibeno	Akwa Ibom
18	Gazingstock Petroleum Company Limited	Abalagada Community, Ndokwa East LGA	Delta
19	Amakpe International Refineries Limited	Ibeno, Eket	Akwa Ibom
20	Atlantic International Refineries and Advertisement Petrochemical Limited	Okpoama, Brass	Bayelsa
21	Azikel Petroleum Limited	Obunagha, Yenagoa L.G.A	Bayelsa
22	Allegiance Energy and Power Limited	Esit EketAkwa	Ibom Stats
23	Alexis Refinery Limited	Aboh, Ndokwa East L.G.A	Delta