Nigeria’s Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) import has increased to 2.3 billion litres from September 11 to December 5, 2024, despite the coming on stream of Dangote and Port Harcourt refineries.
This is according to an available document from the Nigerian
Ports Authority.
Continued fuel importation comes despite commitment by oil
marketers and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to halt imports.
Dangote Refinery, with a 650,000-barrel-per-day production
capacity, and Port Harcourt refinery commenced production and truckout of PMS
on September 15 and 26 November 2024, respectively.
However, data from NPA showed that fuel importation has
persisted despite the ramp-up of domestic PMS production by Dangote and Port
Harcourt refineries.
It was gathered that in the past three days alone, a total
of 52,000 metric tonnes of petrol were brought into the country.
About 1322.76 litres of petrol weighs one metric tonne. This
implies that 68.74 million litres of imported fuel were brought in by dealers
in three days.
The products were conveyed in three vessels and berthed at
the Apapa Port in Lagos State, Tin Can Port in Lagos State, and the Calabar
Port in Cross Rivers.
A further analysis of the import document showed that on
Tuesday, December 3, 2024, a ship named Binta Saleh carrying 12,000 MT (15.864
million litres) of petrol berthed at the Apapa port at 8:12 am.
The vessel had Blue Seas Maritime as its agent and was
handled at the Bulk Oil Plant terminal.
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, another vessel named Shamal
brought in 20,000 mt (26.44 million litres) of petrol through the Tincan port
at midnight. The ship was handled by the Peak Shipping Agency at Terminal KLT
Phase 3a.
Similarly, another vessel named Watson will bring in 20,000
MT (26.44 million) of refined fuel today (Thursday) by 4:52 pm at the Calabar
port. The agent, Kach Maritime, will handle the vessel at the Ecomarine
Terminal.
This is despite the announcement of an agreement between the
Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, and Dangote
Refinery on the direct sale of petrol.
Recall that on October 11, 2024, the Federal Government had
also announced that marketers can lift petrol directly from Dangote refinery,
which ended the regime of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited as
the sole off-taker of the refinery’s petrol.
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