The 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote Refinery, according to recent data, imported an estimated 1.46 billion litres of intermediates and gasoline blendstock.
However, it is important to note that the imported fuel product is not sold directly to the consumer but instead used as a secondary feedstock that is mixed with other refinery streams and compounds to create petrol that fulfills quality, octane, and environmental standards.
The import spanned 5 months, from the start of the year to the month of May.
The data, as reported by the Punch, is courtesy of industry data gotten from the NMDPRA’s Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Statistics for May 2026.
The industry data indicate that the refinery sustained a daily gasoline production volume of 44.7 million liters and recorded an average capacity utilization rate of 101.25 percent during May.
