The world's largest single-train oil refinery, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, on Monday achieved what may be described as final proof of its readiness to commence production of refined petroleum products with the receipt of the sixth batch of one million barrels of crude supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC).

The fresh one million barrels of Agbami crude grade delivered through MT ALMI SUN, was the sixth to complete the six million barrels consignment scheduled for delivery to the Dangote facility, which are needed to commence operations at the $20 billion facility.

The Dangote Group announced the delivery of the last batch of crude supply in a statement on Monday.

With this latest consignment delivered, the Lekki Free Trade Zone-housed refinery effectively has a total of six million barrels of crude now in stock as the 650,000 barrels per day oil facility sets to roar into production of white petroleum products in the shortest possible time.

Exactly a month ago, Dangote Refinery received the first one million barrels of Agbami crude grade from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STASCO), one of the largest trading companies in Nigeria as well as globally, trading over eight million barrels of crude oil per day. Since then, the Aliko Dangote-owned refinery has been receiving, in batches, one million barrels of crude oil, with the latest batch of the six million already being discharged at the Single Point Mooring (SPM-C2) at the Dangote Offshore Oil Terminal (DOOT), according to the statement.

Speaking during the maiden one million barrels of oil delivery then, Managing Director of Dangote Ports Operations, Mr. Akin Omole, had told journalists at the Dangote Quay, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos that the refinery would collect all the six million barrels of crude before the end of January 2024 to put the refinery in good stead to commence operation.