Nigeria, Nov. 26 -- Dangote Group on Tuesday announced it has entered a strategic partnership with Honeywell International Inc to support the next phase of expansion of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery.

The company's Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina, in a statement, said this collaboration will provide advanced technology and services that will enable the refinery to increase its processing capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2028.

This, according to him, marks a major milestone in their long-term vision to build the world's largest petroleum refining complex.

Last month, the refinery announced plans to scale up its capacity to 1.4 million bpd from the current 650,000 bpd. The move will take ...