A BUJA, Nigeria (AP) — 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 ...

A multifaceted training approach involving the state and private sector is required to ensure continued employment ...

in a bid to ensure sufficient feedstock availability for local refineries. He said, “It is unfortunate that while countries like Norway are putting oil proceeds into a future fund, in Africa, we ...

Chairman of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals Company Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said that Nigeria's in-country petroleum products refining would help save the continent a whopping $17 billion ...

Many companies have always traditionally invested in finding oil in Africa, but few have been able to commit resources to refining it here. We must reverse this trend.While the global energy ...

While Nigeria is Africa’s largest producer of crude oil, and the world’s 15th biggest, none of its existing government-owned refineries are operational. The privately-owned Dangote refinery ...

Speaking at the Crude Oil ... on refinery equipment imports and efforts to curb illegal refining are part of the government’s strategy to make Nigeria the petroleum refining hub of Africa.

Africa's biggest oil refinery has been opened in Nigeria, where it is hoped it will alleviate chronic fuel shortages. Nigeria is a major oil producer but most of this is sent abroad while it has ...

Africa’s largest oil refinery is on the brink of producing significant volumes of gasoline, a landmark moment with the potential to transform the global market for the fuel. Nigeria’s giant ...

Africa's richest person has opened one of the world's largest oil refineries in Nigeria. Aliko Dangote, the billionaire founder and chairman of the multinational conglomerate the Dangote Group ...