BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 1. Dangote Petroleum
Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has selected Honeywell Technologies
(NASDAQ: HON) to provide process technologies, licensing,
engineering services, proprietary catalysts, equipment and digital
solutions for its planned 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Kenya,
Honeywell said on Sept.30.
Once completed, the facility is expected to become the world’s
largest single-train refinery.
The project builds on nearly a decade of cooperation between
Dangote and Honeywell and will use proven engineering designs
previously developed by Honeywell for Dangote’s refinery in Lekki,
Nigeria. According to Honeywell, using the established designs is
expected to reduce the development schedule for the Kenyan facility
by nearly two years, or around 30% compared with typical newly
built facilities.
The refinery will use Honeywell’s refining and petrochemical
technologies to produce gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and
polypropylene. It will also be designed to process a wide range of
crude oils, from light to heavy grades, allowing Dangote to source
feedstock from multiple regions and reduce reliance on any single
supply source.
“Dangote is committed to expanding Africa’s refining capacity
and strengthening long-term energy security for the continent while
also serving growing export markets,” Aliko Dangote, President of
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, said.
The Honeywell project scope is expected to be worth
approximately $300 million, broadly in line with the scope of the
company’s work at the Dangote refinery in Nigeria.
“Large-scale refinery projects require a combination of proven
technologies, engineering expertise and digital capabilities,”
Rajesh Gattupalli, President of Honeywell Technologies UOP,
said.
He added that Honeywell would adapt its large-train engineering
designs for the Kenyan project and introduce modifications enabling
the refinery to process a broader range of crude feedstocks.
Dangote expands refining footprint
The Kenyan project marks another step in Dangote’s efforts to
expand refining and petrochemical capacity in Africa.
The company’s Dangote refinery in Lekki, Nigeria, has a
nameplate capacity of 650,000 bpd and is currently Africa’s largest
single-train refinery. In November 2025, Honeywell announced that
Dangote had selected its technologies, services, catalysts and
equipment as part of plans to more than double the refinery’s
capacity to 1.4 million bpd by 2028. The companies said the
expansion would optimize existing assets and accelerate the
delivery of refined products to the market. In April 2026,
Honeywell announced another agreement with Dangote covering
licensing, engineering, catalysts and digital services aimed at
increasing fuel and petrochemical production and enhancing
workforce capabilities at the Lekki facility.
The companies have also expanded their cooperation into
petrochemicals, with Honeywell technologies supporting Dangote’s
plans to increase propylene and linear alkylbenzene production.
Kenya's downstream sector
The planned refinery would represent a major addition to Kenya’s
petroleum infrastructure. Kenya has historically relied heavily on
imported refined petroleum products after the Mombasa refinery
ceased crude processing in 2013. The facility has since primarily
served as a storage terminal. The new project could therefore
introduce significant domestic refining capacity while also
creating potential to supply neighboring East African markets.
The 700,000-bpd capacity would make the planned facility
substantially larger than Kenya’s former refinery and position it
as a potentially significant regional source of refined fuels and
petrochemical products.
Honeywell said its work in Africa covers the full project
lifecycle, including technology development, engineering, workforce
training and lifecycle services, as the company seeks to support
the continent’s expanding energy and industrial infrastructure.
