Lekki Refinery power station

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Lekki Refinery power station is an announced power station in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lekki Refinery power station Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria 6.4698, 3.5852 (approximate)[1]

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 announced[2] gas[3] 570[2] combined cycle[2] not found 2025[4]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Dangote Oil Refinery Co[5] Dangote Industries Ltd. [100.0%]

Background

The refinery power plant will be built to run the new Dangote Oil Refinery, expected to being operating in the early 2020s.[6] The refinery will require about 480 MW of the power plant's capacity.[7]

Construction of the refinery continued into 2020 and is expected to be completed in 2022.[8]

As of June 2022 there are no updates and appears to be shelved.

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/place/6%C2%B028'11.3%22N+3%C2%B035'06.7%22E/@6.46980533.583011317z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x75079910aa4875b6!8m2!3d6.4698!4d3.5855. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230115133843/https://moneycentral.com.ng/markets/article/dangote-refinery-to-be-powered-by-570-mw-independent-power-plant/. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://www.globaldata.com/store/report/sl-lekki-gas-fired-power-plant-1600-mw-lagos-2/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.power-technology.com/marketdata/power-plant-profile-dangote-oil-fired-power-plant-nigeria/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20230109175127/http://www.dangote.com/our-business/oil-and-gas/. Archived from the original on 09 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Frankie Edozien, In Nigeria, Plans for the World’s Largest Refinery, New York Times, Oct 9, 2018
  7. David Pilling, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, on his ‘crazy’ $12bn project, Financial Times, Jul 10, 2018
  8. Dangote advances construction of Lekki integrated refining complex, Oil and Gas Journal, Jul 7, 2020

Additional data

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