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Sahara Energy and Brooge Petroleum partner to build a new refinery

Damilare Famuyiwa by Damilare Famuyiwa
May 16, 2019
in Business News, Company News, Corporate deals
Sahara Energy and Brooge Petroleum partner to build a new refinery

Executive Director, Sahara Group, WaleAjibade, Secretary General, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Companies (OPEC), H.E. Mohammed Barkindo and Chief Executive Officer, Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Co (BPGIC), Nicolaas Paardenkooper at the ceremony that sealed the partnership between Sahara Energy and BPGIC towards the construction of a refinery that will produce IMO 2020 compliant fuels in the United Arab Emirates

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Sahara Energy Resources DMCC Dubai and Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Co (BPGIC), have signed a partnership agreement to set up an oil refinery capable of producing bunker fuel with a capacity of up to 250,000 barrel per day (bpd) in the Emirate of Fujairah.

About the deal: According to a press statement sent to Nairametrics, Sahara Energy and BPGIC said the facility will be one of the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa. It will also comply with the new regulations of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) 2020 by capping sulfur content in shipping fuels. The first phase of the planned refinery is expected to be completed by Q1 2020.

Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General of OPEC, who attended the signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi and said the deal “evolved through the drive of the UAE’s leadership in promoting and supporting such private initiatives and expediting the diversification of their economies.”

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Barkindo underlined the “unique role of the private sector as a critical engine for economic vision and strategies.”

Commenting on the signing, the Chief Executive Officer of BPGI, Nicolaas Paardenkooper, said;

“The new facility will contribute to bolstering the growing status of the Emirate of Fujairah in the Oil & Gas industry and help meet the growing demand for shipping fuel that complies with the new international laws on capping sulfur content in shippingfuels, as most of current shipping fuel contains up to 3,5 percent sulphur.

“It falls in line with the company’s expansion strategy and its growing contribution to the development of the Oil & Gas industry in the UAE by injecting more investments into this essential sector.”

Executive Director, Sahara Group, Wale Ajibade, said the Refinery Unit would form its location in Fujairah make Sahara Energy DMCC a major supplier of IMO 2020 compliant products in the UAE as well as in African, Asian and European Markets.

“Sahara Energy DMCC is delighted to be part of this landmark leap into the future of clean energy. We are constantly seeking opportunities to expand our operations and develop the sector in line with global best practices. Bringing energy to life is the passion that drives us at Sahara and we are committed to ensuring that our energy is accessible, clean and ultimately reliable for promoting sustainable development globally.”

Nicolaas Paardenkooper, BPGIC CEO highlighted the listing process of BPGIC on Nasdaq Stock Exchange which started in April as a resounding success conducive for building up investor confidence in the company and its expansion plans


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Famuyiwa Damilare is a trained journalist. He holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mass Communication at the prestigious Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ). Damilare is an innovative and transformational leader with broad-based expertise in journalism and media practice at large. He has explored his proven ability in the areas of reporting, curating and generating contents, creatively establishing social media engagements, and mobile editing of videos. It is safe to say he’s a multimedia journalist.

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