Raffinerie : La grande offensive de Dangote qui met la pression sur la SAR
For some time now, the refining arm of the Dangote empire has been experiencing a meteoric rise across the continent. This dynamism has not gone unnoticed in the sector. In Senegal, the African Refining Company (SAR) is paying particular attention to this new situation, especially as Dangote intends to expand its presence in neighboring countries.
“At the sub-regional level, SAR faces competition. You have certainly seen the various offensive actions of Dangote, who will soon invest $2 billion in Gambia. Dangote will also invest in Guinea, and this is to build depots,” the Director General of the Company indicated yesterday, Thursday.
For Abib Diop, speaking at the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum's press conference, the billionaire's refinery aims "to flood the sub-regional market." This comes at a time when the Senegalese refinery also "aims to supply the sub-regional market."
This new competitive landscape therefore requires SAR to modernize and enhance its capabilities. Its Director General indicates that Senegal is obliged to "move forward with all necessary speed and remove all obstacles and bottlenecks."
Abib Diop indicates that SAR has even decided to expand its mission, which until now had been limited to supplying the national market with petroleum products. Its new mission now revolves around the development of oil and gas resources, with the aim of ensuring the supply of petrochemicals and compliant refined products to the country and the sub-region.
SAR made this decision in part because it faces other pressures, one of which is related to the ecological transition. For example, the transport sector is increasingly embracing electricity. Furthermore, Senelec, one of its most loyal customers, wants to switch to gas, at the expense of the fuel oil it currently supplies.
“This means that SAR must reinvent itself,” Mr. Diop emphasizes. And the process is already underway, since the SAR2 project is in motion. On September 23, SAR signed a memorandum of understanding with the Turkish company Yamata to build a second refinery in Senegal and modernize the existing sites.
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Notre pays n'avait pas besoin d'attendre la découverte du pétrole et du gaz sur nos côtes pour développer ses capacités de raffinage. Une grand partie du pétrole utilisé par Dangote est importé des USA ou d'autres pays.
Vu la position ultra stratégique du port de Dakar, ont aurait pu réaliser de grandes choses.
Dangote a posé la première pierre de sa raffinerie il y a 10 ans, mais comme d'habitude dans ce pays, on attend de cogner le mur pour se réveiller.
Vous savez très bien qu'avec l'extension des capacités de raffinage en cours, qui lui permettra de passer de 700 000 bpj à 1 400 000 bpj d'ici 2030, Dangote risque même d'alimenter le Mali.
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