Schneider Electric has announced it has been selected to provide comprehensive process automation systems, solutions and services to Dangote Oil Refinery Ltd., a subsidiary of business conglomerate Dangote Group, to drive supply chain and operational efficiency, reliability and profitability for the Group’s greenfield refinery in Lagos, Nigeria. Once completed in 2019, the Dangote Refinery will be the world’s largest single train refinery capable of producing 33 million tons of products including gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel and other petrochemicals. Schneider Electric will ensure continuously safe, reliable and efficient operations to help Dangote Refinery reach its goal of reducing Nigeria’s petroleum product imports and increasing the country’s energy independence. To safeguard operations and help Dangote Refinery move from managing business performance to controlling it in real time, Schneider Electric will provide:
- EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS and Triconex process safety solutions to maximize the safety and efficiency of operations while improving the reliability of equipment assets and asset sets.
- PIONIR process analyzers to improve process optimization, asset protection and compliance with environmental regulations.
- SimSci and Wonderware software to unify planning and scheduling to improve real-time data collection and analysis to further optimize operations and product blending.