Dangote Awards $300 Million Contract to Honeywell for Lamu Mega Refinery

The Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has selected Honeywell Technologies to provide key services and equipment for its upcoming 700,000 barrels per day refinery in Lamu Port, Kenya. The contract, valued at $300 million, includes process technologies, licensing, engineering services, proprietary catalysts, equipment, and digital solutions. The Lamu refinery, once completed, is set to become the world’s largest single-train refinery, building on nearly a decade of collaboration between Dangote and Honeywell.

According to Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, the project aims to expand Africa’s refining capacity and strengthen long-term energy security. The refinery will leverage Honeywell’s refining and petrochemical processing solutions to produce gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and polypropylene, with the flexibility to process a wide variety of crude oils.

Rajesh Gattupali, President of Honeywell Technologies UOP, highlighted that the collaboration will significantly reduce the development time for the Lamu facility by nearly two years. The project underscores how proven refining technologies and digital solutions can accelerate project execution while supporting energy security and economic growth. Honeywell has an established presence in Africa, supporting the continent’s growing energy and industrial needs.

The Lamu refinery follows a recent contract secured by Engineers India Limited (EIL), an Indian firm, for consultancy and engineering services worth KSh58 billion. The debate on social media has focused on why Dangote has not chosen African firms for such large-scale projects, noting that local firms currently lack the scale of heavy machinery and capital needed to take on projects of this magnitude as main contractors.