Aliko Dangote has selected US-based Honeywell Technologies to provide engineering services, technology licensing and equipment for his planned 700,000-barrels-per-day refinery in Kenya.

Honeywell announced the agreement on Wednesday.

Dangote and Kenya’s President William Ruto recently broke ground for the $16bn refinery in Lamu County, despite legal challenges brought by conservationists and affected landowners.

The refinery is expected to produce diesel, petrol and jet fuel for the Kenyan market, with some of its output exported to other countries in East Africa.

The partnership builds on Honeywell’s work with Dangote at the Nigerian refinery, where the US company is supporting upgrades aimed at doubling the plant’s capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day.

For the proposed Kenyan refinery, Honeywell will provide engineering services, technology licensing and equipment, drawing on its previous experience working on Dangote’s Nigerian facility.

Honeywell Technologies President Rajesh Gattupalli said the companies’ existing relationship could help speed up the development of the Kenyan refinery.

“Through our long-standing relationship with Dangote, we have developed proven large-train engineering designs that can be applied to the Kenya refinery to significantly reduce time-to-market,” Gattupalli said in a statement.

The partnership follows a major agreement signed by Dangote Industries and Honeywell in November 2025 to provide refinery services and technology for the expansion of the Lagos refinery to 1.4 million barrels per day by 2028.

The $16bn refinery is being developed in Kenya’s Lamu County, where the project has faced opposition from conservationists and affected landowners.