Exports of petrol, diesel and aviation fuel from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery rose to 54.63 million litres per day in September 2026, exceeding the refinery’s mixed domestic receipts of the three merchandise for the month.
Data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority’s (NMDPRA) September 2026 Fact Sheet present that the refinery’s mixed exports elevated by 14.85 million litres per day from 39.78 million litres per day in August 2026, representing a month-on-month improve of 37.33%.
In distinction, the refinery’s mixed domestic receipts declined by 22.08% to 39.98 million litres per day from 51.31 million litres per day in August.
This means exports exceeded domestic receipts by about 14.65 million litres per day in September, reversing the place in August, when domestic receipts had been 11.53 million litres per day increased than exports.
What the info is saying
In the actual fact sheet, the refinery’s output is break up into three makes use of: domestic receipts, that are volumes obtained into the Nigerian market; exports; and adjustments in refinery inventory. Domestic receipts and exports collectively make up the refinery’s evacuation.
The shift occurred even because the refinery elevated output.
- Combined manufacturing of petrol (PMS), diesel (AGO) and aviation fuel (ATK) rose by 15.68% to 97.67 million litres per day in September from 84.43 million litres per day in August.
- Average capability utilization edged as much as 105.98% of the refinery’s 650,000 barrels-per-day put in capability, from 105.21% in August.
- Exports accounted for about 57.74% of the refinery’s mixed evacuation of the three merchandise, in contrast with about 43.67% in August.
The 105.98% utilization fee was partly supported by crude stock. According to NMDPRA, the September utilization fee implies a crude run of about 689,000 barrels per day, towards 618,000 barrels per day of crude obtained. The regulator mentioned the 71,000 barrels per day distinction was drawn from refinery stock.
A breakdown of the info reveals how the shift performed out throughout every product:
- Petrol: Production rose by 12.59% to 47.22 million litres per day from 41.94 million litres per day. Exports elevated by 58.99% to fifteen.47 million litres per day from 9.73 million litres per day, whereas domestic receipts declined by 20.55% to twenty-eight.50 million litres per day from 35.87 million litres per day.
- Diesel: Production elevated by 35.04% to 24.32 million litres per day from 18.01 million litres per day. Exports rose by 81.83% to fifteen.91 million litres per day from 8.75 million litres per day, whereas domestic receipts declined by 34.20% to eight.14 million litres per day from 12.37 million litres per day, making exports 1.95 instances domestic receipts.
- Aviation fuel: Production rose by 6.74% to 26.13 million litres per day from 24.48 million litres per day. Exports elevated by 9.15% to 23.25 million litres per day from 21.30 million litres per day, whereas domestic receipts rose to about 3.34 million litres per day from 3.07 million litres per day.
Aviation fuel exports drove the crossover, accounting for 87.44% of the refinery’s evacuation of the product in September. Although mixed domestic receipts of petrol and diesel remained increased than their exports at 36.64 million litres per day towards 31.38 million litres per day, the hole narrowed sharply from 29.76 million litres per day in August to five.26 million litres per day in September.
National petrol and diesel receipts fall
The decline within the refinery’s domestic receipts coincided with a broader fall in nationwide petrol and diesel receipts, which cowl volumes obtained from each domestic refineries and imports.
- Nigeria’s common daily petrol receipts fell by 23.37% to 38.7 million litres in September from 50.5 million litres in August. Imports declined by 30.14% to 10.2 million litres per day, which NMDPRA attributed to permitted allow volumes being exhausted.
- Notably, Dangote’s petrol manufacturing of 47.22 million litres per day exceeded Nigeria’s common daily petrol consumption of 44.4 million litres, measured as volumes trucked out into the domestic market. However, not all of that output was obtainable to Nigerian customers. Of the 47.22 million litres per day produced, 28.50 million litres went into the domestic market, 15.47 million litres had been exported and three.25 million litres had been added to refinery inventory.
Diesel receipts declined by 40% to eight.7 million litres per day, the bottom within the 13 months lined by the actual fact sheet, towards common daily consumption of 14.5 million litres. NMDPRA attributed the low receipts to low imports and low domestic evacuation amid excessive costs.
What you need to know
In a beforehand reported article by Nairametrics, Nigeria’s daily petrol imports fell to 14.6 million litres in August 2026, whereas Dangote Refinery operated at 105.21% capability utilization and exported 9.73 million litres of petrol per day.
- September’s figures present an additional shift in the direction of exports, with mixed exports of petrol, diesel and aviation fuel exceeding the refinery’s domestic receipts.
- NMDPRA reported that domestic refining met about 65% of nationwide petrol consumption in September. Meanwhile, petrol inventory sufficiency stood at 23.9 days, under the regulator’s 30-day threshold, whereas diesel inventory sufficiency fell to 49.7 days from 51.6 days in August.
This leaves a spot between output and availability as Dangote alone produced extra petrol than the nation consumed in September, but nationwide petrol shares remained in need of the regulator’s 30-day benchmark.
