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Will Nigeria's biggest oil refinery boost refining capacity?

(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ¡ª Africa¡¯s biggest oil refinery has begun production in Nigeria, the company has said, ending a yearslong wait for a plant that analysts said Monday could boost refining capacity in a region heavily reliant on imported petroleum products.

Is Nigeria's first oil refinery a game-changer?

The $19 billion facility, which has a capacity to produce 650,000 barrels per day, has started to produce diesel and aviation fuel, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery company reported Saturday. As Nigeria¡¯s first privately owned oil refinery, the project ¡°is a game-changer for our country,¡± it added.

Where is Africa's biggest oil refinery?

Africa¡¯s biggest oil refinery has begun production in Nigeria after a yearslong wait. The $19 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery facility has a capacity to produce 650,000 barrels a day and has started to produce diesel and aviation fuel, the company reported Saturday.

Will a refinery make Nigeria self-sufficient?

With the opening of this refinery, Dangote Industries Ltd., a massive conglomerate that also operates cement plants, a fertilizer plant, and sugar refinery, says it aims to process enough oil to not only make Nigeria self-sufficient but supply petrol, diesel, and jet fuel to other African countries.