Kenya’s Ruto to tour Dangote refinery before planned domestic project
Kenyan President William Ruto is expected to visit the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos before the groundbreaking of a planned 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Kenya. The supplied report does not provide dates, project financing details or the planned location.
Kenyan President William Ruto is set to visit the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos ahead of the groundbreaking for a new refinery in Kenya, Punch Nigeria reports. The planned Kenyan facility is described as having a capacity of 700,000 barrels per day. The source material does not state where in Kenya the project will be built, when construction is due to begin, or who is financing it.
Ruto’s visit to the Lagos refinery is presented as taking place before the groundbreaking ceremony. The report does not give the date of the visit, the date of the ceremony or details of the Kenyan government’s objectives for the tour. No further information is supplied about cooperation between Kenya and Nigeria, the ownership of the proposed refinery or its expected completion.
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