- Fluenta plans to eliminate routine gas flaring in a few years.
- Dangote refinery can refine 650,000 barrels of oil daily, enough to meet Nigeria’s daily fuel supply requirements.
Fluenta, the global leader in ultrasonic sensing technology for flare gas measurement, has installed 18 ultrasonic flare gas meters around the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Fluenta’s Director, Radek Kurkowski, disclosed this in a statement, adding that the firm has completed its other works on the refinery.
The firm explained that the Nigerian authorities are leading the charge in controlling and regulating gas flaring. They are also looking towards eliminating the need for routine flaring over the next few years. Fluenta noted that a critical component in that challenge is accurate measurement. Fluenta further revealed that Dangote Refinery stands at the vanguard of Africa’s and Nigeria’s moves towards energy self-sufficiency.
The statement said that despite Nigeria being Africa’s biggest oil producer, it still imports refined petroleum products for its own use. Dangote Refinery is the world’s largest single-train refinery, which commenced operations in May 2023. The refinery can refine 650,000 barrels of oil daily, enough to meet Nigeria’s daily fuel supply requirements. This includes a daily surplus of 38 million litres of refined products already earmarked for export.
According to the statement, Nigeria is positioning itself as a world leader in reducing its emissions and flaring. The statement read in part, “Fluenta, the global leader in ultrasonic sensing technology for the measurement of flare gas, has completed work on the Dangote Refinery in Nigeria – Africa’s biggest oil refinery – to install 18 ultrasonic flare gas meters on large pipelines around the plant. Flare gas measurement and control is vital to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and to help identify potential safety hazards.”
Flaring is the controlled burning or combustion of excess or waste gases that cannot be processed or captured for productive use. Reducing emissions and flaring is a safety and environmental practice employed in the petroleum industry to prevent the release of potentially harmful or combustible gases into the atmosphere.