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Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Hits Full Capacity Do We to Celebrate? 🌐 Africa’s largest and the world’s most powerful single-train refinery, the Dangote Refinery in Lagos, has finally reached its design capacity for the first time. All key units are now operating at the full 650,000 barrels per day. ⏩ This milestone is less about technical efficiency and more about symbolism. First, it retroactively justifies all the controversies and scandals surrounding Aliko Dangote: his clashes with local oil and fuel regulators, labor unions, and rival businessmen. ⏩ Second, it’s a critical signal for future expansion. Dangote aims to scale the refinery up to 1.4 million barrels per day, and this achievement reminds current and potential partners that he knows what he’s doing. ⏩ Finally, for Dangote himself, this is another symbolic cementing of his legacy. The 68-year-old billionaire repeatedly states that this refinery is his entrepreneurial magnum opus — the crowning achievement of Africa’s richest man. Unfortunately, for ordinary Nigerians, this news isn’t as unequivocally positive as it is for Dangote. Now that the oil magnate has crushed fuel imports and monopolized the market, Nigeria is unlikely to see new refineries emerge anytime soon—it’s simply too hard to compete with such a giant. ➡️ Stay informed - @devilsbelow