Nigeria’s Dangote refinery has struck a deal with Honeywell to expand petrochemical production, marking a shift beyond fuels.
The agreement signals a strategic push by Dangote Group to reduce imports and strengthen domestic manufacturing across Africa’s largest economy.
Under the deal, the refinery will adopt Honeywell UOP’s Oleflex technology to produce 750,000 metric tonnes of propylene annually.
Propylene is a crucial building block for plastics used in packaging, consumer goods, and a wide range of industrial applications.
The refinery will also install additional Honeywell technologies to produce 400,000 tonnes of linear alkylbenzene, widely used in detergents.
Once operational, Dangote expects its linear alkylbenzene facility to rank among the largest of its kind globally.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, maintaining a familiar silence around major industrial partnerships in the sector.
The expansion forms part of a broader plan to transform the Lekki complex into a fully integrated petrochemicals hub.
Located near Lagos, the site already hosts a $2 billion petrochemical plant producing polypropylene for Nigeria’s domestic market since March 2025.
That plant produces 830,000 metric tonnes annually, supplying materials packaged in 25 kilogram bags to local manufacturers.
Dangote and Honeywell have collaborated for years on the refinery, which currently processes 650,000 barrels of crude oil daily.
Using Honeywell’s systems, Dangote aims to raise capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day by 2028.
If achieved, the expansion would position the refinery as the largest in the world by throughput, reshaping regional energy markets.