{"id":148,"date":"2026-09-23T20:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=148"},"modified":"2026-09-23T20:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:49:17","slug":"engineers-india-wins-450-million-contract-for-dangotes-planned-kenya-refinery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Engineers India wins $450 million contract for Dangote’s planned Kenya refinery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NAIROBI, Sept<\/strong>ember<\/strong> 23, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 India’s state-owned Engineers India Limited has secured a contract worth more than $450 million to provide project-management and engineering services for Dangote Group’s planned oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Lamu, Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The contract is a major step in the development of the proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day facility, which Dangote plans to build in the Lamu Special Economic Zone on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engineers India will provide project-management consultancy as well as engineering, procurement and construction-management services. Its responsibilities will include coordinating project execution and monitoring construction schedules, costs, quality and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contract comes ahead of a planned groundbreaking ceremony at the project site on September 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The proposed refinery is expected to require an investment of roughly $15 billion to $17 billion, making it one of the largest proposed industrial projects in East Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dangote’s investment is intended to create a major refining and petrochemical hub serving Kenya and other markets in the region. The facility’s location near the Port of Lamu could also support the import of crude oil and the export of refined petroleum products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project nevertheless faces several challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the key issues is securing a reliable supply of crude oil. Kenya does not currently produce crude on a commercial scale, meaning the refinery would need to depend on imports or supplies from other oil-producing countries in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infrastructure and financing will also be important to the project’s development because of its scale and the supporting facilities required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engineers India’s involvement builds on its previous relationship with Dangote. The Indian company was also involved in project-management and engineering work for Dangote’s refinery in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If construction proceeds as planned, the Lamu facility would significantly expand Kenya’s petroleum-processing capacity and could alter fuel-supply patterns across East Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next major milestone is expected to be the September 30 groundbreaking ceremony, which would formally move the project from planning toward construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NAIROBI, September 23, 2026  India’s state-owned Engineers India Limited has secured a contract worth more than $450 million to provide project-management and engineering services for Dangote Group’s planned oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Lamu, Kenya. The contract is a major step in the development of the proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day facility, which Dangote plans to build […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}