Honeywell launches Forge Plant Cognition at Dangote refinery

The launch builds on a relationship that already goes beyond a single software deployment. Honeywell is providing technology and support for the Dangote refinery's expansion programme, which is designed to more than double nameplate capacity from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million barrels per day by 2028. Placing an AI platform inside that programme suggests the productivity tools are meant to run alongside the physical expansion, though the company framed the benefit estimates as preliminary and not guaranteed.

The refinery's recent financial results give context for the timing. Dangote Petroleum Refinery recorded net income of $4.725 billion for the nine months ended September 30, compared with a loss in the corresponding period last year, while revenue more than doubled to $22.5 billion as the facility processed up to 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

Honeywell is also extending its involvement in Africa's refining sector. In September, it was selected to provide engineering services, technology and equipment for a planned $16 billion refinery in Kenya under a contract estimated at $300 million. The company said reusing engineering designs developed for the Nigerian project could shorten the Kenyan refinery's development timeline by nearly two years.