African petrochemical news

Honeywell will provide petrochemical process technologies and catalysts to Dangote to create plastics and detergents, helping the region strengthen energy security.

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced that it has underwritten US$2.5 billion in the US$4-billion senior syndicated term loan in favour of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE.

MAIRE has announced that Nextchem has been awarded two feasibility studies in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia dedicated to mechanical upcycling and compounding plants.

Dangote Industries Ltd has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with XCMG Construction Machinery Co. Ltd in a move aimed at strengthening infrastructure delivery, industrial capacity, and green project development across Africa.

Engineers India Ltd (EIL) has partnered with the Dangote Group as the PMC and EPCM consultant for the 650 000 bpd Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Complex.

The Zambia Development Agency has handed over the investment licence to China Zambia Petrochemical Corp. for the development of a US$1.1 billion crude-oil refinery and integrated energy complex in Ndola, Zambia.

Dangote Refinery has selected Honeywell to supply technology and services to help enable the refinery to process a wider range of crude and double the production capacity by 2028.

Suez Canal Authority has signed a strategic partnership contract with Anchorage Investments to build a petrochemicals complex in Ain Sokha, Egypt, with US$2 billion in investments for the first phase.

Uganda’s oil refinery is scheduled to begin operations in the 4Q29 or the 1Q30, according to Michael Nkambo Mugerwa, General Manager of Uganda Refinery Holding Co.