The Dangote Refinery equipped a median of 18.03 million litres of petrol per day between October 2024 and October 2025, in response to information from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
The NMDPRA October 2025 ‘State of the Midstream and Downstream Truth Sheet’ confirmed that the refinery’s output falls wanting the 35 million litres provide introduced by the NMDPRA final 12 months.
The info raises considerations a few current transfer by the Nigerian authorities to position a tariff on petrol imports, regardless of the lack of native refineries to fulfill demand.
On 13 November, the Nigerian authorities stated the implementation of a 15 per cent import responsibility on petrol and diesel, introduced by President Bola Tinubu in October, was “not in view”.
In September final 12 months, the federal authorities stated the Dangote Refinery would provide Nigeria’s home market with 25 million litres of petrol each day and 35 million litres each day from October.
The tariff would have aimed to “strengthen native refining capability, and guarantee a steady, inexpensive provide of petroleum merchandise throughout Nigeria.”
The coverage, nevertheless, was met with criticism from varied stakeholders, power consultants, and civil society teams, who argued that it will result in larger gas costs and worsen the nation’s financial scenario.
Following the approval, Dangote Refinery, the most important oil refiner within the West African nation, acknowledged that there was no want for petrol imports, including that it produces sufficient petrol and diesel for native consumption.
Petrol Consumption
The official information from a regulator present that Nigeria’s each day petrol consumption rose to a median of 56.7 million litres in October 2025, in comparison with 47.5 million litres recorded in October 2024.
In accordance with the information, 27.6 million litres of petrol have been imported each day to the nation whereas home refineries equipped 17.08 million litres per day.
“Home provide information are based mostly on discharge figures, and import quantity is predicated on shore receipt figures on the depot. This information is predicated on reconciliation for August 2024 – September 2025. October information but to be reconciled,” the NMDPRA stated.
When it comes to pricing, the authority acknowledged that petrol was the most cost effective in Lagos and the most costly in Sokoto, with a median pump worth of N883 per litre and N959 per litre, respectively. Pump costs in different cities stood at N915 in Enugu, N907.5 in Calabar, and N945 in Kano.
Standing of standard/modular refineries
The info confirmed that the nation has a mixed refining capability of 1,125,000 barrels per day, with energetic refineries producing at a charge of 467,000 barrels per day. It famous that the present utilisation is 61.58 per cent (Q1-Q3 2025) as a result of technical constraints and crude provide limitations.
NMDPRA listed the energetic refineries as of October 2025, together with Dangote, Aradel (11,000 bpd), Edo (1,000 bpd), and Walthersmith (5,000 bpd).
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Not one of the Nigerian state-run refineries, together with two in Port Harcourt, which collectively kind the Port Harcourt Refining Firm, the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Firm Restricted and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Firm Restricted, with a mixed put in capability of 445,000 barrels per day, have been operational.
In accordance with the report, the Port Harcourt refinery restarted operations on 26 November 2024, it was shut down once more on 24 Might 2025 for deliberate upkeep and sustainability evaluation.
“The Warri refinery resumed operations on 28 December 2024, however shut down on 25 January 2025, as a result of important security considerations. The Kaduna refinery, present process rehabilitation,” it stated.
