The Dangote oil refinery in Nigeria is planning a 15-day maintenance outage on its gasoline-manufacturing residue fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) unit, starting provisionally on August 10, according to a note by industrial observer IIR.

The Dangote oil refinery in Nigeria is planning a 15-day maintenance outage on its fluidized bed catalytic cracking unit (RFCC) dedicated to the production of gasoline, according to a note by Industrial Observer IIR seen by Reuters. The shutdown is expected to begin provisionally on 10 August

“The shutdown is aimed at carrying out urgent repairs to the regenerator section due to a significant problem with catalyst loss,” the note said, adding that the unit, with a capacity of 204,000 barrels per day, was recently operating at 60% of its capacity.