Honeywell Technologies launches new AI platform at Dangote's Nigeria refinery

Honeywell Technologies said on Monday it was launching a new industrial AI platform, "Forge Plant Cognition", at Nigeria's Dangote refinery to boost the plant's productivity.

* The platform, being launched at Dangote's Lekki refinery in Lagos, will use NVIDIA and Dell Technologies' capabilities in a bid to drive up productivity and profitability in complex industrial settings, a statement said

* Honeywell is already helping the refinery more than double its nameplate capacity from 650,000 million barrels per day (bpd) to 1.4 million bpd by 2028


* Based on preliminary data and not guaranteed, Honeywell said its AI platform could deliver operational benefits of more than 29 cents a barrel at Lekki, or around $60 million a year in gross benefits at full-capacity throughput

* Honeywell has also been selected to help Dangote build a new mega-refinery in Kenya's Lamu County