Gasoil 500 ppm / 50 ppm (AGO)

Automotive & industrial gas oil for markets outside EN590

Gasoil is diesel by another name, and the grades differ almost entirely on sulphur. In West and Central Africa, the fuel balance was structurally altered by the 650,000 bpd Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki. Dangote operates over 250,000 bpd of ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) hydrotreating capacity producing Euro-V (≤ 10 ppm S) and ECOWAS AFRI-6 (≤ 50 ppm S) automotive gasoil. This domestic and regional supply stream has largely replaced historical off-spec blendstocks shipped from Northwest Europe (ARA). Parcels are evacuated via two distinct logistics channels: offshore marine loading via 3 clean-product SPM buoys (21–25m water depth) handling coastal Handysize and MR tankers delivering to Tema, Lomé, Cotonou and Douala in 24–48 hours; and an automated 500-bay road loading gantry dispatching 2,500–3,000 road tankers daily across Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Niger.

Beyond automotive ULSD, this spoke covers the full industrial distillate envelope: 50 ppm automotive gasoil, which is now the regulatory floor in ECOWAS, East Africa and much of Asia; 500 ppm, still imported by markets whose standards lag and by inland mines and heavy power producers; and the 0.1% and 0.5% industrial and marine grades that feed heavy diesel generators, industrial boilers and, as marine gas oil (MGO), coastal and ocean vessels. Cetane index is held at 48–51 minimum, density at 820–870 kg/m³, flash point at 60–66 °C minimum, and distillation with 90% recovered by 360 °C. Cold-flow properties (cloud point and CFPP) are tailored to destination climates to prevent filter plugging in highland mines or cold-season transit. CBIL brokers 10 ppm, 50 ppm, 500 ppm and industrial gasoil from Dangote Lekki, Omani, Red Sea, Indian and Mediterranean coastal refineries on FOB, CFR and CIF terms against SGS or Intertek inspection at load.

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Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.