Petrol Receipts Rise 11% In August As Dangote Refinery Output Tops 100% Capacity – NMDPRA
By Sunday Etuka
Nigeria’s midstream and downstream petroleum sector recorded broad gains in August 2026, with crude oil supply to domestic refineries, petrol receipts, and refining capacity utilization all climbing compared to July, according to the latest factsheet from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
Crude oil receipts by domestic refineries rose 17 percent month on month, from 0.585 million barrels per day in July to 0.683 million barrels per day in August.
According to the Factsheet released by the Authority on Thursday, daily receipts of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, climbed 11 percent to 50.5 million litres, driven by a 39 percent jump in domestically sourced supply even as imported volumes fell 26 percent.
Diesel, or Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), moved in the opposite direction, with daily receipts dropping 39 percent to 14.5 million litres as both domestic supply and imports declined, the latter by as much as 84 percent.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) receipts also fell 19 percent, though imported LPG rose 44 percent even as domestic supply contracted. Aviation fuel (ATK) receipts, by contrast, surged 63 percent to 3.1 million litres per day.
On the consumption side, petrol usage fell 14 percent to 41.5 million litres daily while diesel consumption dropped 15 percent, based on volumes trucked into the domestic market.
Aviation fuel consumption rose 22 percent. Stock sufficiency improved for both petrol and diesel, standing at 22.9 days and 51.6 days respectively by the end of August.
Domestic gas supply, including volumes delivered to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant, rose 4 percent to 4.930 billion cubic feet per day.
Dangote Refinery led performance among domestic refiners, posting an average capacity utilization of 105.21 percent for the month.
The refinery received a total of 137.98 million barrels of crude, with 109.88 million barrels sourced domestically and 28.10 million barrels imported.
It produced 41.94 million litres per day of petrol, 18.01 million litres per day of diesel, and 24.48 million litres per day of aviation fuel, with closing stocks as of August 31 standing at 360.4 million litres, 137.2 million litres, and 133.3 million litres respectively.
None of the three state-owned NNPCL refineries, Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna, produced any output during the month.
Among modular refiners, Edo Refinery recorded the highest capacity utilization at 90.43 percent, followed by Walter Smith at 64.77 percent and Aradel at 58.77 percent. OPAC operated at 16.97 percent capacity, while Duport remained shut down.
Gas utilization also rose across sectors in August, with gas-to-power, commercial, and industrial supply all posting increases. However, LNG export volumes via NLNG declined to 105,317 cubic metres per day, even as pipeline exports through the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) rose to 0.152 billion cubic feet per day.
Plant condensate production totaled 14.817 million barrels between January and August 2026, averaging 1.852 million barrels monthly, with June recording the year’s peak output of 2.220 million barrels.
On infrastructure, the report noted continued progress on major gas pipeline projects. The OB3 River Niger Crossing is fully complete, while the broader OB3 Gas Pipeline project stands at 96 percent and the ELPS Midline Compressor Project at 96.37 percent.
The Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) Pipeline, now measured to include its main backbone and ancillary facilities, is 80 percent complete, while the Obidi–Warri Expansion Project and the Escravos–Obidi Pipeline stand at 71.17 percent and 27.50 percent respectively.
