BrandIconImage learnt that the incident occurred Wednesday
morning.
The cause of the outbreak could not be ascertained at the
time of this report.
Confirming the incident on Wednesday afternoon, the
company’s Group Head, Corporate Communications, Anthony Chiejina, said a minor
fire occurred at the company’s effluent treatment plant.
“We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our
effluent treatment plant (ETP), today Wednesday 26th of June. There
is no cause for alarm as the refinery is operating and there is no recorded Injury
or body harm to all our staff on duty,” he said.
The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Petroleum Refinery
commenced production of diesel and aviation fuel in January.
The first crude delivery was done on 12 December 2023, and
the sixth cargo was delivered on 8 January.
The company made a further move towards the commencement of
the production of refined petroleum products with the receipt of an additional
one million barrels of bonny light crude supplied by the Nigeria National
Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd).
In April, the company commenced supplying petroleum products
to the local market.