We will end fuel scarcity in Nigeria - Dangote Refinery staff
- Graduate engineers at the Dangote Refinery have promised Nigerians that they would work to end the perennial fuel scarcity in the country
- The Dangote Refinery will commence operations soon, and is the largest in the African continent
- The engineers went on an extensive training programme in India, and would put in their theoretical and practical knowledge in order to make their promise a reality
Newly trained Dangote Refinery graduate engineers have promised an end to the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country when the refinery takes off.
The engineers just returned from a training programme at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd in India, the company said on Sunday, February 11.
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Legit.ng gathers that the engineers have promised to deploy the knowledge and skills acquired during the training to ensure Nigeria is saved the embarrassment of fuel scarcity when the refinery comes on stream.
The engineers, who described their experience as second to none in the history of Nigeria oil and gas sector said never again would Nigeria experience fuel scarcity as the Dangote Refinery would be operated in the most efficient manner.
According to a statement, the Dangote Refinery, in preparation for takeoff, has been sending in batches of Nigerian engineers to Bharat Refinery in India, arguably the biggest in the world for training in refinery operation and production.
The Dangote Refinery is Africa’s largest, with a capacity to produce 650,000 bpd. It is billed to commence operation soon.
The Nigerian engineers shared their experience with the management members at the refinery premises at Lekki. They said they had both theory and practical training in India.
The engineers also said that it was a rare opportunity to witness a refinery of Dangote’s size being built from the scratch.
Opeyemi Oyedepo, process engineer, and Igwe John, petroleum and gas engineer, told the management how they were made to be part of trouble shooting during their training, a development that has boosted their confidence that Dangote Refinery with most modern facilities will eradicate perennial fuel scarcity in Nigeria.
The graduate engineers also said they learnt, as part of their training, efficient refinery operations and adherence to quality and standard.
Technical adviser to Dangote Refinery, Babajide Soyode expressed satisfaction that the best of the graduate engineers were selected as attested to by the trainers in India.
He said the management was proud of the engineers as they have displayed a thorough understanding of what they learnt in India.
Soyode said the Dangote Refinery chose Bharat, as the training ground, because it is the biggest refinery in the world and is ready to train young engineers, unlike the disposition in Europe and other parts of the western world.
The company’s director of human capital management and project support, Mohan Kumar, while presenting the returnee engineers said the company is laying a solid foundation for takeoff with the training of the engineers.
He said the young engineers were trained on how to manage the operations of the refinery.
Kumar added that the engineers had gathered fundamental practical knowledge about refinery.
According to him, the engineers are recruited and trained to witness the building of the refinery from scratch.
He said the engineers spent two months in classroom training and three months on the job training.
Kumar explained that the engineers were trained by experts, who had over 45 years experience in refinery operations.
He said that the training became imperative due to the commitment of Dangote Group to promote local content by developing indigenous capacity.
"The engineers are expected to also transfer the skills acquired to other Nigerians when the refinery comes on stream," Kumar added.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Dangote Oil Refining Company Limited announced the commencement of installation of equipment for its crude oil refinery being built in the Lekki area of Lagos.
Rama Putta, head of quality assurance/quality compliance and construction, DORC, said that the 650,000-barrels-per-day refinery will come on stream by September 2019.
Speaking on the construction work, Putta said the sand filling of the site was already completed, adding that 60 per cent of the land was swampy.
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