Archive · 23 Sep 2026
Dangote Hires Engineers India for $16 Billion Kenya Refinery
Aliko Dangote is a major Nigerian businessman who leads the Dangote Group.
His company plans to build a very large refinery and petrochemical plant in Lamu, Kenya.
The plant is expected to process 700,000 barrels of crude oil each day.
Dangote hired Engineers India Limited to help manage and advise on the project.
The contract is worth more than $450 million.
Engineers India previously worked on Dangote’s refinery in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Kenyan refinery is meant to help East Africa rely less on imported fuel.
Dangote also plans pipeline links in the region.
The total Kenyan project is expected to cost about $16 billion, according to one report.
Engineers India’s shares rose after the contract was announced.
Engineers India Limited signed a contract worth more than $450 million to provide project management and EPCM consultancy services for Dangote Group’s planned Kenyan refinery and petrochemical plant.
The greenfield facility in Lamu, Kenya, is designed to process 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
Construction is expected to begin by the end of September, although no completion or startup date was disclosed.
Engineers India previously advised on Dangote’s 650,000-barrel-per-day Lekki refinery in Nigeria, whose capacity is planned to expand to 1.4 million barrels per day.
Engineers India shares rose 6.21% to about ₹302.80 and reached a reported 52-week high of ₹304.60 after the announcement.
- Who
- Dangote Group and India’s state-owned Engineers India Limited.
- What
- Engineers India signed a more-than-$450-million contract for project management and EPCM consultancy on a planned Kenyan refinery and petrochemical plant.
- When
- The contract was reported in a September 22 stock-exchange filing; construction is expected to begin by the end of September.
- Where
- Lamu, a coastal town in Kenya.
- Why
- The project is intended to increase East African fuel production, reduce reliance on imports, strengthen regional energy security, and supply global markets.
- Contract value
- More than $450 million (reported elsewhere as $450 million or ₹4,302 crore)
- Planned facility
- Greenfield refinery and petrochemical plant
- Planned capacity
- 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day
- Location
- Lamu, Kenya
- Reported total project cost
- About $16 billion
- Previous Dangote project
- Engineers India advised on the 650,000-barrel-per-day Lekki refinery in Nigeria
- Engineers India share movement
- Shares rose 6.21% to about ₹302.80 and reached ₹304.60, a reported 52-week high
