Honeywell Technologies launches new AI platform at Dangote's Nigeria refinery
HON•Honeywell Technologies is launching its Forge Plant Cognition industrial AI platform at the Dangote refinery in Nigeria. Preliminary, unguaranteed estimates suggest it could deliver more than 29 cents per barrel, or about $60 million in gross benefits annually at full capacity.
1. AI platform launch
Honeywell Technologies said it is launching Forge Plant Cognition at Dangote's Lekki refinery in Lagos. The platform will use capabilities from NVIDIA and Dell Technologies to seek productivity and profitability gains in complex industrial settings.
2. Estimated refinery benefits
Honeywell said preliminary data, which is not guaranteed, indicate the platform could deliver more than 29 cents per barrel at Lekki, or around $60 million a year in gross benefits at full-capacity throughput. Honeywell is also helping the refinery more than double its nameplate capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day by 2028 and has been selected to help Dangote build a refinery in Kenya's Lamu County.
