The largest single-train refinery on Earth sits in Lagos.. One integrated line processes 650,000 barrels of crude a day, more than any single train built anywhere.

Nigeria stopped importing most of its fuel.. For the first time in a generation, more than half the country's petrol is refined at home.

The build is a jobs engine, not just a plant.. At full run it is designed to sustain around 135,000 permanent jobs in the region.

capsrow / Africa

Invisible Giant

One refinery. Fuel for a nation.

For decades, Africa's biggest oil producer imported the fuel it burned.

By capsrow · Updated July 2026

The largest single-train refinery on Earth sits in Lagos.One integrated line processes 650,000 barrels of crude a day, more than any single train built anywhere.
Nigeria stopped importing most of its fuel.For the first time in a generation, more than half the country's petrol is refined at home.
The build is a jobs engine, not just a plant.At full run it is designed to sustain around 135,000 permanent jobs in the region.

For decades, Africa's biggest oil producer imported the fuel it burned.

Outside Lagos, the largest single-train refinery in the world now processes 650,000 barrels of crude a day on one integrated line. For the first time in a generation, more than half of Nigeria's petrol is refined at home, and the build is designed to sustain around 135,000 permanent jobs.

When a continent refines what it pumps, the value stays where the oil is.

Sources. Source: Dangote Petroleum Refinery, 2024; OilPrice, 2025.