Dangote Refinery Petrochemicals Company (DRPC) accounted for about 80 per cent of Nigeria’s daily petrol consumption as the refinery achieved 100 per cent capacity utilisation.
Latest report on the domestic fuel market released by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) showed that Nigeria’s Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol consumption rose to 51.1ml/d in April 2026 from the 47.3ml/d recorded in March 2026.
The NMDPRA April 2026 Factsheet released yesterday indicated that petrol supply improved from 40.1ml/d supplied in March to 44.4 ml/d in April, with the DRPC accounted for more than three quarters of the total petrol supply.
Dangote Refinery produced 53.6ml/d of petrol out of which 40.7ml/d were supplied to the domestic market and 17.1ml/d were exported. Imported products accounted for only 3.7ml/d of domestic petrol supply in April.
This underlined improvement in the domestic supply capacity as 34.2ml/d were supplied from domestic refineries and 5.9ml/d were imported in the previous month.
According to the report, Dangote Refinery achieved 100 per cent capacity utilisation for most of the days in April with an average of 99.12 per cent capacity utilisation.
Further breakdown showed that Dangote produced 23.6ml/d of diesel, supplied 8.0ml/d to the domestic market and exported 17.8ml/d.
The refinery also produced 22.9ml/d of aviation kerosene, supplied 2.6ml/d to the domestic market and exported 20.5ml/d.
Dangote, according to the factsheet, recorded 18 days sufficiency of petrol, 39 days of diesel, 70 days of aviation fuel, and 13 days of LPG.
Also, Nigerian National Petroleum Company refineries, which are state-owned remained shut down in April. Both Warri Petroleum Refinery Company (WRPC) and Kaduna Refinery Company (KRPC) recorded zero production during the period.
NMDPRA indicated that daily consumption benchmarks were petrol, 51.1ml/d; diesel, 17.3ml/d; aviation fuel, 2.6ml/d while 4.8KT/day were recorded for domestic gas.
On crude oil, NMDPRA stated that the volume supplied to domestic refineries decreased to 0.612mb/d from the 0.674mb/d recorded in March.
