Dangote supplied 61.78% of Nigeria’s petrol consumption in February, says NMDPRA

Of the 64.9million litres per day of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) consumed in Nigeria in February 2026, Dangote PHRC, 40.1ml/d was from the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals (DPRP), representing 61.78 per cent of the product.

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) broke the news yesterday in its Factsheet on the state of the Midstream and Downstream sector, February 2026.

It was an indication that 38.22 per cent of the product, being 24.8ml/d, was imported since no other domestic refinery had the capacity to produce PMS.

The factsheet revealed that in the period under review, the national consumption of PMS was 60.02ml/d.

According to NMDPRA, PMS stock sufficiency was 32.9 days.

Meanwhile, the factsheet disclosed that 18.9 ml/d of the Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) diesel was supplied to the domestic market in February, while the national consumption was 19.2ml/d.

The document said there was 34.2m/d stock sufficiency of AGO.

For the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), NMDPRA said 5.1 KT/D was supplied to Nigeria’s market while 4.837Bscf/day of domestic natural gas was supplied to the same market.

The factsheet disclosed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) refineries were shut down in the period under review.

It said there was, however, an evacuation of the 0.392ml/d of AGO that was produced while the Port Harcourt Refinery Company was operational. 

“PHRC: Shut down. However, evacuation of AGO produced while the refinery was operational averaged 0.392 million litres/day,” said NMDPRA.

Similarly, the factsheet said the Kaduna Refinery Petrochemicals Company (KPRC) was shut down in February except for its production of 0.027ml/d of diesel supplied to the domestic market.

The Authority said, “KRPC: Shut down. However, closure of refinery, AGO averaged at 0.027 ML/D was trucked out to the domestic market.”

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