The management of the Dangote Refinery Wednesday said the fire incident that occurred at its $19 billion new oil refinery in Lagos had been contained.
A video in circulation online had shown a billow of smoke from the 650,000 bpd facility and several workers watching from outside the plant.
However, a brief statement from the spokesman of the company, Anthony Chiejina stressed that the incident was a minor one and did not disrupt the company’s operations..
Earlier, the Dangote refinery was expected to begin production and supply of petrol this month, but it has moved the date of production of premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from June to the middle of July.
The CEO said the refinery will commence production of petrol between 10 and 15 of July, while supply to local marketers will commence from the third week of the same month.