Dangote refinery to supply 25m litres of fuel daily in September – NMDPRA

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has revealed that the Dangote refinery is expected to supply 25 million litres of petrol daily in September.

NMDPRA said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has agreed to supply crude oil to the refinery in naira.

“At the NMDPRA headquarters in Abuja, NNPCL reach an agreement to commence crude oil sale and supply to Dangote Refinery in local currency,” the Authority said.

“The refinery is now poised to supply an initial 25 million litres of PMS into the domestic market this September. And will subsequently increase this amount to 30 million liters daily from October 2024.”

The Dangote refinery officially began petrol production on September 3, which comes months after its initial announcement to commence production of the commodity.

Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), had on May 18 said the refinery would begin to produce petrol from June, which will end issue of importing the product.

However, in June, Dangote said due to a minor delay, the refinery would now begin petrol supply in July but this not happen as Dangote refinery announced a shift to August.

Then on August 14, there were reports that the delivery date of the petrol supply had been postponed, which chief branding and communications officer of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, denied.

On July 29, the federal executive council (FEC) approved a proposal by President Bola Tinubu directing the NNPC to sell crude oil to Dangote refinery and other refineries in naira.