Dangote Adds Town to List of Potential Sites for East Africa Oil Refinery

Deliberations continue over the ideal site for the planned replication of the billionaire’s 650,000-barrel-a-day refinery in Nigeria...

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Billionaire Aliko Dangote is considering Lamu as a potential site for his planned East African oil refinery, adding it to Mombasa as a Kenyan option.

The refinery, a replication of Dangote's 650,000-barrel-a-day facility in Nigeria, aims to boost East Africa's fuel security.
Key players include Aliko Dangote and Kenyan President William Ruto, who will make the final site decision.
The project is estimated to cost between Ksh1.95 trillion and Ksh2.21 trillion and will serve multiple regional markets.

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