By: ThinkBusiness Africa
Dangote Petroleum refinery said in a letter addressed to the Nigerian downstream regulator on Sunday that it will kickstart supply of 1.5 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), per month to the Nigerian market, effective December 2025.
The pledge, equivalent to approximately 50 million litres per day, is intended to ensure an uninterrupted supply across the nation throughout the crucial December festive season and into the new year. This volume is widely considered sufficient to meet the nation’s entire daily consumption requirement, which typically hovers between 50 and 60 million litres.
According to the letter to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), seen by ThinkBusiness Africa the 650,000 processing plant noted that from this December to January it will supply 1.5 billion litres per month (50 million litres/day).
It further stated a supply increase of 1.7 billion litres per month (approximately 57 million litres/day). From February onwards.
“We are writing to confirm our commitment to supply Nigerian domestic PMS requirements. Dangote refinery is ready and able to supply 1.5 bin litres of PMS per month (50mln litres/day) in December and January followed by 1.7 bln litres per month (57mln litres/day) from February 2026 onwards.” The letter dated November 30th 2025 read.
The facility’s management formally requested the NMDPRA to deploy its officials to the refinery site starting December 1st to physically verify and publicly release the daily supply volumes. This unprecedented move is designed to dispel any doubts regarding the domestic capacity to meet national demand and boost public confidence.
The commitment follows previous claims from the NMDPRA suggesting that the refinery’s average daily PMS supply had only been around 18.03 million litres between October 2024 and October 2025, falling short of its 35 million litres per day target for that period.
The refinery, however, also sought regulatory support for addressing persistent logistical challenges which includes: requesting unhindered clearance of crude oil, feedstocks, and blending components.
It is also seeking support for the smooth lifting of finished products by vessel, noting that current delays add unnecessary costs and inefficiencies that ultimately impact consumers.
“We seek the full support of NMDPRA to allow Dangote refinery to import our crude, feedstocks and blending components unhindered as well as support the lifting of our products by vessel.” The letter read.
Last month the refinery announced that it has entered into a $250 million agreement with Honeywell petroleum technology firm to double its crude oil processing capacity from 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to an unprecedented 1.4 million bpd by 2028.
When fully operational at 1.4 million bpd, the complex will have the capacity to process nearly all of Nigeria’s current crude oil production of 1.5 million bpd.
