Engineers India Limited (EIL), a government-owned engineering and consultancy company, has won a major overseas contract worth more than $350 million from Nigeria’s Dangote Group. The contract is for the expansion of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Complex, which is already the largest oil refinery in Africa.
Under this deal, EIL will work as a Project Management Consultant (PMC) and Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) consultant. This means the Indian firm will help plan, design, manage and supervise the expansion work to ensure it is completed on time and meets qualityերից.
The Dangote refinery is currently operating at a capacity of 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day. With the new expansion, the capacity will be increased to 1.4 million barrels per day, making it the largest single-location refinery in the world. The expansion will also allow the refinery to produce cleaner, Euro VI-grade fuels, which meet stricter global environmental standards.
Apart from fuel, the project will significantly boost petrochemical production, especially polypropylene, which is widely used in plastics and packaging. Annual polypropylene output will rise from 830,000 tonnes to 2.4 million tonnes. This increase will be achieved by upgrading existing units and adding new large-scale facilities, including a new propylene production unit.
EIL had earlier played a key role in building the first phase of the Dangote refinery, which was commissioned in 2024 at the Lekki Free Zone in Nigeria. The successful completion of that phase helped establish trust between the two companies, leading to this new and larger contract.
The expanded refinery is expected to reduce Africa’s heavy dependence on imported refined fuels, improve energy security, and support industrial growth across the region. For Nigeria, the project is a major step towards becoming a key supplier of refined petroleum products and petrochemicals.
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