Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
Nigeria’s home refineries equipped 12.01 billion litres of petrol, accounting for 61.2 per cent of the overall 19.68 billion litres of petrol pumped into the market from (*13*) 2025 to (*13*) 2026, whereas it imported 7.67 billion litres of petrol, representing 38.8 per cent of complete provide, contemporary trade knowledge has proven.
The figures, contained in the (*13*) 2026 factsheet of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) underscored the rising contribution of native refining to Nigeria’s gasoline provide, though imports remained important in assembly home demand.
According to the information, petrol imports have been comparatively excessive in the direction of the tip of 2025, averaging 22.1 million litres day by day in (*13*) earlier than surging to 52.1 million litres per day in November, equal to about 1.56 billion litres for the month. Domestic provide averaged 19.5 million litres day by day in November.
While the proponents of complete native refining argue that each litre imported places stress on overseas trade reserves, results in capital flight and kills native industries, the import aspect maintains that Nigeria can not rely solely on a single refinery for its gasoline, stressing that it’s going to result in a monopoly.
However, Imports remained elevated in December at 42.2 million litres per day, whereas home provide stood at 32 million litres day by day. Combined, the 2 sources equipped a mean of 74.2 million litres per day, the best month-to-month price cited in the information.
The stability shifted in early 2026 as home refinery output elevated and petrol imports declined. By February, imports had fallen to a mean of three million litres per day, in contrast with home provide of 29.4 million litres day by day.
According to the information, the hole widened additional in April, when native refineries equipped 40.7 million litres per day in opposition to imports of three.7 million litres. Domestic provide rose to 41.5 million litres day by day in May, whereas imports averaged 5.9 million litres.
But the advance in native provide didn’t stop a contraction in general receipts in (*13*). Petrol receipts fell to 38.7 million litres per day, comprising 28.5 million litres from home sources and 10.2 million litres from imports.
The regulator attributed the decline partly to a 21 per cent month-on-month fall in home provide and a 30 per cent drop in imports. It additionally recognized the exhaustion of accredited import permits amongst main buying and selling corporations as an element affecting provide.
Also, diesel imports totalled 2.60 billion litres over the interval, whereas home refineries equipped roughly 4 billion litres, bringing complete provide to about 6.61 billion litres. Domestic refineries accounted for 60.5 per cent of diesel provide, averaging 10.1 million litres per day, whereas imports dealt with by oil advertising and marketing corporations averaged 6.6 million litres day by day.
Import volumes diverse significantly. In February 2026, complete diesel receipts reached 24.8 million litres per day, together with 15.9 million litres from oil advertising and marketing corporations. Imports by the businesses fell to zero in May and June earlier than recovering to 7.9 million litres per day in July and 1.3 million litres in August.
By (*13*), complete diesel receipts had declined to eight.7 million litres per day, comprising 8.1 million litres from home refineries and 0.6 million litres from imports.
In the aviation gasoline market, home receipts of Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), generally referred to as jet gasoline, totalled 1.04 billion litres through the assessment interval. Average day by day receipts stood at 2.6 million litres, rising to three.9 million litres in December 2025 earlier than reaching 3.3 million litres in (*13*) 2026, 6 per cent increased than in August.
The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) market additionally recorded a considerable home contribution. Total provide reached 1.86 million tonnes over the 13 months, comprising 1.56 million tonnes from home sources and about 301,300 tonnes from imports by oil advertising and marketing corporations.
Domestic processing vegetation equipped 83.9 per cent of the market, with imports accounting for the remaining 16.1 per cent. NLNG and Seplat Energy equipped LPG by vessel, representing 54.3 per cent of complete market provide, whereas different processing vegetation accounted for 26.4 per cent via truck deliveries. The Dangote Refinery contributed 15.1 per cent. Besides, LPG imports peaked at 5.3 kilotonnes per day in July 2026.
The growth in home petroleum product provide additionally coincided with an increase in crude oil allocations to native refineries. The NUPRC knowledge from January to July 2026 confirmed common day by day crude oil lifting of 1.61 million barrels, of which home refineries obtained about 460,000 barrels per day, or 29 per cent.
The allocation in contrast with 280,000 barrels per day in 2025 and 220,000 barrels per day in 2024. Direct crude exports averaged 1.15 million barrels per day, accounting for the remaining 71 per cent of liftings.
