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Dangote Refinery has contained a fire incident at its effluent treatment plant.
A section of the Petroleum Refinery was gutted by fire.
Explosions were heard on Wednesday after a major fire outbreak at the refinery located at the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State.
In a statement, Anthony Chiejina, a spokesperson at Dangote Industries Limited, said the incident occurred at the effluent treatment plant (ETP).
An ETP is a wastewater treatment method which is specifically designed to purify industrial wastewater for its reuse to release safe water to the environment from the harmful effects caused by the effluent.
Dangote refinery, on January 12, commenced production of diesel and aviation fuel.
The 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) capacity refinery was inaugurated by former President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2023.
The spokesman said “We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our effluent treatment plant (ETP), today Wednesday 26th of June.There is no cause for alarm as the refinery is operating and there is no recorded injury or body harm to any of our staff on duty”
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote had disclosed that he fought and overcame a strong group of local and foreign mafia before establishing the $19 billion refinery.
Dangote said the mafia in the oil sector, who are stronger than those doing drugs, did everything they could to sabotage the refinery project.
Speaking at the Afreximbank annual meeting and AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum in the Bahamas recently, Dangote said he never anticipated that the resistance would be harsh.
Source: Swifteradio.com
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