Tuesday, January 6, 2026 -Dangote Petroleum Refinery has dismissed reports claiming it was shutting down for maintenance, insisting that it continues to operate at full capacity while supplying over 50 million litres of petrol daily to the Nigerian market.
This is according to a statement issued by the refinery on
Monday, where it described the reports as false, misleading, and deliberately
promoted to create panic in the downstream petroleum market.
The Lagos-based 650,000 barrels-per-day facility said
production remains stable and uninterrupted, reaffirming its role as
a stabilizing force in Nigeria’s fuel supply amid recent pump price
volatility.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery stated that it has
consistently maintained petrol production levels of between 40
million and 50 million litres daily, subject only to market
demand.
According to the statement, the refinery produced 50
million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on January 4 and
evacuated 48 million litres through its gantry the same day, while
marketers lifted over 48 million litres last Sunday alone.
The company said current stock levels are sufficient to
cover more than 20 days of national consumption, effectively
dispelling any concerns about supply shortages. It also reaffirmed its
ex-gantry price of N699 per litre, noting that the pricing remains available
to all marketers and bulk consumers.
The statement said, “Dangote Petroleum Refinery
continues to operate at scale and retains the capacity to supply between 40
million and 50 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) daily
through January and February, subject solely to market demand.”
The refinery explained that while routine maintenance was
ongoing on specific units such as the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) and the
Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC), these activities did not disrupt
overall production due to the integrated design of the facility.
It added that other critical units, including the Naphtha
Hydrotreater, CCR Reformer, and Hydrocracker, remain fully operational,
producing PMS, Automotive Gas Oil (diesel), and Jet A-1 fuel.
Addressing concerns about product availability, the
refinery disclosed that from December 16, 2025, to date, it has
loaded between 31 million and 48 million litres of PMS daily, in line
with prevailing market demand.
“These volumes are fully verifiable against
depot loading records maintained by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream
Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) in the normal course of its regulatory
responsibilities,” the statement added.
According to the refinery, without domestic refining, petrol
prices could rise to as much as N1,400 per litre in a post-subsidy
environment, highlighting the stabilising role of local production.
“The refinery’s operations have
therefore served as a critical stabilising force in the downstream
petroleum market,” the statement added.
In December, Dangote Refinery confirmed its readiness
to take full responsibility for Nigeria’s domestic petrol supply, pledging to
deliver 1.5 billion litres of PMS monthly, equivalent to 50
million litres per day.
The supply is set to rise to 1.7
billion litres per month (57 million litres daily) from
February 2026.
Thee recent drop in petrol prices across Nigeria has been attributed to
increased domestic refining by Dangote Refinery.
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