Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
Nigeria’s home refineries provided 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 September 2025 to September 2026, whereas it imported 7.67 billion litres of petrol, representing 38.8 per cent of complete provide, recent business knowledge has proven.
The figures, contained in the September 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 vital in assembly home demand.
According to the information, petrol imports had been comparatively excessive in the direction of the top of 2025, averaging 22.1 million litres each day in September 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 each day in November.
While the proponents of complete native refining argue that each litre imported places stress on overseas change 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 each day. Combined, the 2 sources provided a median of 74.2 million litres per day, the best month-to-month fee cited in the information.
The steadiness shifted in early 2026 as home refinery output elevated and petrol imports declined. By February, imports had fallen to a median of three million litres per day, in contrast with home provide of 29.4 million litres each day.
According to the information, the hole widened additional in April, when native refineries provided 40.7 million litres per day in opposition to imports of three.7 million litres. Domestic provide rose to 41.5 million litres each day in May, whereas imports averaged 5.9 million litres.
But the advance in native provide didn’t forestall a contraction in general receipts in September. 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 firms as an element affecting provide.
Also, diesel imports totalled 2.60 billion litres over the interval, whereas home refineries provided 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 firms averaged 6.6 million litres each day.
Import volumes assorted 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 firms. 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 September, 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 generally known as jet gasoline, totalled 1.04 billion litres throughout the overview interval. Average each 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 September 2026, 6 per cent larger than in August.
The (*13*) 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 firms.
Domestic processing vegetation provided 83.9 per cent of the market, with imports accounting for the remaining 16.1 per cent. NLNG and Seplat Energy provided 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 each 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.
