A Kenyan High Court has lifted an order that temporarily stopped plans by Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote to build a $16 billion oil refinery in the country’s coastal Lamu archipelago.

The ruling, delivered on Wednesday, October 14, in Malindi, removes the immediate legal obstacle to the proposed project, which is expected to replicate the 700,000-barrel-per-day capacity of Dangote’s refinery in Nigeria.

According to the court, the applicants challenging the development identified the wrong parcel of land in their petition. Justice Jane Onyango said the claimants had previously been granted permission to correct the error.

The decision reverses the order that had halted progress on the proposed refinery, although the ruling does not necessarily resolve all legal challenges surrounding the project.

The proposed facility represents a major investment in Kenya’s petroleum industry, with the potential to expand refining capacity in East Africa and reduce reliance on imported refined petroleum products.

Dangote, Africa’s richest person, operates the 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Nigeria, one of the continent’s largest refining facilities.