By Utkarsh Shetti

DUBAI (Reuters) -Nigeria’s Dangote has tapped Honeywell to provide services and help double its refining capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day by 2028, in what is the clearest indication yet that its plans to become the world’s largest petroleum refinery are bearing fruit.

The agreement will allow Dangote to process a broader range of crude grades to help support the planned expansion in output with the help of Honeywell’s catalysts and equipment, the companies said on Tuesday.

Dangote will also look to increase its total production of polypropylene – an industrial material widely used to produce plastic containers and car parts – to 2.4 million metric tons per year by licensing Honeywell’s Oleflex technology.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. While co

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