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The fire broke out at about 4:30 a.m. CDT (0930 GMT) on the 35,000-bpd reformer in the naphtha and aromatics processing section of the refinery, the sources said. Company spokesperson Tricia Fuller declined to comment on Friday. The reformer, which produces octane-boosting components to make premium grades of gasoline, was shut by the fire.
Nigeria's huge oil refinery built by Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote received its first crude deliveries, the company said on Saturday, in the latest step to starting up the delayed megaproject.Dangote Petroleum Refinery received an initial shipment of one million barrels of crude from Agbami deepwater field and began loading on Friday, the company spokesman said Saturday.