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Senegal eyes second, Chinese-backed oil refinery and petrochemical plant


Issue 514 - 09 Oct 2024 - By Marc Howard , Waly Dione Faye | 3 minute read

Dakar’s plans to meet its refined product needs from domestic feedstock could see an 80,000 b/d greenfield refinery being built. If it goes ahead, it would ease pressure on the country’s only existing refinery, SAR’s 30,000 b/d Mbao plant, which was itself recently upgraded.

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