{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-26/honeywell-forge-plant-cognition-dangote-launch","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-26/honeywell-forge-plant-cognition-dangote-launch.md","title":"Honeywell Launches Forge Plant Cognition at Dangote Refinery","headline":"Honeywell Technologies Launches Forge Plant Cognition at Dangote's Lekki Refinery With NVIDIA and Dell","description":"Honeywell Technologies launched Forge Plant Cognition at Dangote's Lekki refinery, targeting more than $60 million in annual gross benefit from AI-enabled optimization.","section":"Product Launches","published_at":"2026-10-26T08:27:50+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-26T08:27:50+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Honeywell Technologies launched Forge Plant Cognition at Dangote's Lekki refinery in Nigeria, built with NVIDIA AI and Dell Technologies infrastructure.","Honeywell estimates AI-enabled optimization could deliver more than 29 cents a barrel in operational benefit, or more than $60 million in gross benefit per year at full-capacity throughput.","Dangote plans to expand the refinery's capacity from 650,000 to 1.4 million barrels per day within three years."],"companies":[{"name":"Honeywell","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0002jv2/honeywell","website":"http://www.honeywell.com"},{"name":"Dell Technologies","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000nn/dell-technologies","website":"https://www.delltechnologies.com"},{"name":"Dangote Group","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000073i/dangote-group","website":"http://www.dangote.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"Business Wire","title":"Honeywell Technologies Launches Forge Plant Cognition with Dangote, Built with NVIDIA AI and Dell Technologies Capabilities","url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261026802169/en/"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Product Launches","Honeywell","Dell Technologies","Dangote Group"],"body_markdown":"[Honeywell](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0002jv2/honeywell) Technologies launched Forge Plant Cognition, an industrial AI platform built with NVIDIA AI and [Dell Technologies](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000nn/dell-technologies) infrastructure, at [Dangote](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000073i/dangote-group)'s petroleum refinery in Lekki, Nigeria, the company said on October 26, 2026. Honeywell estimates the platform could deliver more than $60 million in gross benefit per year at the facility. The announcement was distributed by [Business Wire](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261026802169/en/).\n\n## How Forge Plant Cognition Works at Lekki\n\nHoneywell Technologies said Forge Plant Cognition is designed for refining, petrochemical and LNG operators to generate greater value from existing assets. The platform combines real-time operating data, engineering knowledge and Honeywell Technologies UOP's process expertise with physics-based models, and is built on the recently launched Forge Cognition platform.\n\n\"By collaborating with Dangote to launch Forge Plant Cognition, we are demonstrating how AI can help transform industrial operations, driving new levels of productivity, reliability and profitability at significant scale,\" said Rajesh Gattupalli, President of Honeywell Technologies UOP.\n\nBased on preliminary data, Honeywell estimates AI-enabled optimization could deliver operational benefit of more than 29 cents a barrel at the Lekki Refinery. At full-capacity throughput, that would generate more than $60 million in gross benefit per year for the facility, calculated gross of implementation costs.\n\nDavid Bird, CEO and Managing Director of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, said: \"We chose Honeywell Technologies' Forge Plant Cognition because the platform can deliver unrivaled industrial expertise combined with differentiated AI capabilities to help us optimize performance, unlock greater value from our operations and evolve how we operate our assets.\"\n\nThe platform is powered by Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA and supported by Dell Services. NVIDIA Nemotron open models power agents that interpret operational data, while NVIDIA Omniverse libraries help create a digital twin of the plant for simulation-based training and planning. Dell Technologies expanded its AI Data Platform on October 21, 2026, with a Unified Semantic Layer, Enterprise Knowledge Graph and Knowledge Agents to give AI agents trusted context from enterprise data, according to Irishtechnews.\n\n## Honeywell's Post-Spin-Off Structure\n\nHoneywell Technologies continues under the HON ticker after the June 2026 spin-off of Honeywell Aerospace, according to [akta.pro company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The board approved the distribution of one Honeywell Aerospace share for every two Honeywell shares held, with the remaining entity renamed Honeywell Technologies Inc. and remaining in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Honeywell Technologies projected 2026 revenue of $19.9-$20.2 billion post-spin-off.\n\n## Earlier Honeywell Deals This Month\n\nHoneywell Technologies launched Forge Cognition, a self-contained agentic AI and simulation platform for facility operations developed with NVIDIA and Dell Technologies, on October 14, 2026, Stock Titan reported. Hengyi Industries awarded Honeywell Technologies a contract for process technologies and services for its Phase II expansion of the Pulau Muara Besar refinery complex in Brunei on October 15, 2026, according to Ogj. Honeywell's EMEA Business Development Leader Nimer Al Assi said at the OGT 2026 conference in Ashgabat on October 22, 2026, that AI adoption in oil and gas requires staff training and change management, Trend reported.\n\n## Dangote's Capacity Expansion Plan\n\nDangote plans to expand the Lekki refinery's capacity from 650,000 to 1.4 million barrels per day within three years, with Honeywell Technologies helping optimize existing assets. The platform will also support Dangote's goal of developing a workforce that is 70% Nigerian.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}