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Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced plans to supply 1.5 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) monthly to the Nigerian market in December 2025 and January 2026, aimed at ensuring uninterrupted nationwide fuel availability through the festive season and into the New Year.
President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Ltd, Aliko Dangote, disclosed that the refinery will make available 50 million litres of PMS daily starting 1 December 2025. He added that the refinery plans to increase monthly supply to 1.7 billion litres (about 60 million litres per day) in February 2026.
Dangote emphasised that the refinery currently produces between 40–45 million litres daily, and the planned daily supply of 50 million litres dispels long-standing claims that domestic refineries cannot meet national demand.
He also noted ongoing engagements with petroleum marketers to strengthen distribution, including expanding the use of CNG-powered haulage, stressing that the initiative is driven by national energy security, not profit motive.
The refinery is progressing with an expansion plan to reach a capacity of 1.4 million barrels per day, involving over 100,000 workers across both the refinery and fertiliser complex.
During a visit by the South-South Development Commission (SSDC) to the refinery and fertiliser complex, SSDC Managing Director Usoro Offiong Akpabio commended Dangote’s leadership, highlighting the potential for strategic collaboration to boost industrial growth, energy security, and employment in the South-South region.
In a letter to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Dangote Petroleum Refinery reaffirmed its readiness to host Authority officials from 1 December for on-site verification and publication of daily supply volumes, while seeking support to ensure smooth importation of crude, feedstocks, and blending component, as well as efficient product evacuation via vessels.
David Bird, Managing Director of the refinery, stated: ”In the spirit of full transparency, we are willing to publish our daily production and stock volumes. We seek the support of NMDPRA to facilitate imports and lifting of products to avoid operational delays and inefficiencies.”
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