Nigeria’s home refineries obtained greater than 127 million barrels of Nigerian crude oil and condensate between January and September 2026 because the Federal Government intensifies efforts to strengthen local refining and cut back dependence on imported petroleum merchandise.
The Commission Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, disclosed this on the twentieth anniversary version of OTL Africa Downstream Energy Week in Lagos on Monday.
NUPRC can also be consulting producers, refiners and different stakeholders on a home crude swap framework.
“Under it, a refiner could receive crude from the nearest suitable production or export point instead of moving an allocated grade over long distances, which could take an estimated three to four dollars off the cost of every barrel,” he added.
On manufacturing, Eyesan mentioned Nigeria recorded a median of 1.717 million barrels per day of crude oil and condensate in September, a 2.34 per cent enhance over August. Crude oil manufacturing alone averaged 1.53 million barrels per day, marking the fifth consecutive month the trade met or exceeded its quota.
She attributed the advance to higher asset integrity, enhanced safety of evacuation infrastructure, stronger collaboration with operators and sustained regulatory efforts to restore shut-in manufacturing.
On the 2026 Licensing Round, she mentioned the 40 blocks on provide can be subjected to a clear analysis course of, with printed standards and obligatory disclosure of helpful possession.
The NUPRC boss added that the Commission was implementing the drill-or-drop precept to discourage speculative holding of licences, noting that 22 latest awardees had been anticipated to contribute at the least 250,000 barrels per day inside 5 years.
She reaffirmed the Commission’s dedication to assembly the Domestic Gas Delivery Obligation and dealing with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to align refinery demand with crude provide planning, making certain that upstream positive factors translate into tangible advantages for households, industries and energy technology.
Meanwhile, the Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Rabiu Abdullahi Umar, mentioned regionally refined petrol now accounted for 3 out of each 4 litres consumed in Nigeria.
He described the event as a serious shift for a rustic that had traditionally depended closely on imported petroleum merchandise.
However, Umar disclosed that petrol consumption exceeded provide in September, with day by day consumption estimated at 44.4 million litres in opposition to provide of 38.7 million litres. The shortfall was coated from present shares.
To guard in opposition to future disruptions, he mentioned the Authority was focusing on adequate petroleum product shares to cowl between 30 and 45 days of nationwide demand.
Umar additionally acknowledged that Nigeria lacked dependable information on precise gas consumption, regardless of many years of petroleum market operations.
“No consumption data yet. We are working on this because up till now no data to show that this fuel station supplied this volume, that supplied that volume,” he mentioned.
He defined that the NMDPRA was working with an info know-how agency to develop a system able to monitoring distribution and establishing extra dependable consumption figures.
As a part of efforts to enhance transparency, the Authority was reviewing inner licences and had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
Umar additionally disclosed that seven petroleum product testing laboratories had been launched in Port Harcourt, with two further amenities anticipated earlier than the tip of the yr, bringing the overall to 9.
He mentioned the Authority had additionally launched the second revision of the Gas Transportation Network Code to strengthen the framework governing fuel transportation infrastructure.
Speaking on the occasion, President Bola Tinubu mentioned Nigeria’s vitality assets may drive prosperity throughout Africa, reaffirming his administration’s ambition to assist the emergence of a regional vitality hub.
The president whose message was delivered by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Patience Oyekunle, emphasised the necessity for regional cooperation and an investment-driven, environmentally accountable vitality sector.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu mentioned vitality safety was basic to financial safety, warning that prime and unreliable vitality prices affected transport fares, manufacturing, meals distribution and small companies.
He cited the expansion of home refining as proof of adjusting provide dynamics, noting that the Dangote Refinery produced about 42 million litres of petrol day by day in August, whereas petrol imports fell by 26 per cent to roughly 14.6 million litres per day.
Sanwo-Olu mentioned Lagos was additionally decreasing transport gas demand by investments in rail companies and cleaner vitality.
He disclosed that 152 First and Last Mile buses had been transformed to compressed pure fuel (CNG), chopping gas prices by almost half, whereas 2,000 CNG-powered vehicles had been launched underneath haulage reforms.
He urged trade stakeholders to prioritise expanded storage and distribution infrastructure, financing for downstream and fuel initiatives, and measures to be certain that the positive factors from home refining translated into secure and reasonably priced costs for customers.
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