Dangote ramp-up slashes WAF product imports, reshapes clean tanker routes: analysts

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Nigeria’s Dangote refinery ramp-up has significantly reduced West African imports of clean refined products by 23% and is reshaping regional tanker routes, according to analysts. Import volumes fell from 997,000 b/d in April to 765,000 b/d in May, impacting clean tanker flows around West Africa.

The ramp-up of Nigeria’s 650,000 b/d refinery has cut imports of clean products to West Africa and is redirecting tanker flows around the region, according to analysts. West African imports of clean refined products fell to 765,000 b/d in May from 997,000 b/d in April, a 23% decline, S&P Global Commodities at Sea(opens in a ...