Engineers India (EIL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dangote Group to act as the Project Management Consultant (PMC) and Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) consultant for the second train of the Dangote Refinery, the largest refining complex in Africa.

This agreement builds on EIL’s successful role in constructing the first 6,50,000 barrels per day (bpd) refining train at the Lekki Free Zone, commissioned in 2024. Dangote now plans to expand the refinery’s capacity to 1.4 million bpd by 2028, positioning it to become the world’s largest petroleum refinery at a single location.

The expansion will also include a new PDH unit, boosting polypropylene output from 8,30,000 tonnes per annum to 2.4 million tonnes, enhancing Africa’s fuel and petrochemical supply and reducing dependency on imports.