The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has firmly dismissed media experiences in circulation, claiming it’s shutting down as a result of upkeep points, insisting manufacturing stays ongoing, secure, and uninterrupted.
The refinery administration, on Monday, harassed that manufacturing of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) stays secure and uninterrupted at between 40 and 50 million litres day by day.
“The refinery will not be shutting down,” it said, confirming its capability to provide “between 40 million and 50 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) day by day by January and February, topic solely to market demand.”
On January 4 alone, “the refinery produced 50 million litres of PMS and evacuated 48 million litres through its gantry,” with “present inventory ranges protecting over 20 days of nationwide consumption, successfully dispelling any issues about provide.”
Addressing the upkeep, Dangote defined that “because of the sophistication and built-in design of its processing items, routine upkeep on particular items, together with the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) and Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC), doesn’t interrupt total manufacturing.”
It added: “The refinery continues to supply Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Automotive Fuel Oil (Diesel), and Jet A-1 by the operation of different crucial items, together with however not restricted to the Naphtha Hydrotreater, CCR Reformer, and Hydrocracker, which stay totally operational.”
It additional highlighted its observe file, noting it had constantly maintained satisfactory PMS availability for the home market, loading between 31 million and 48 million litres of PMS day by day from its gantry since December 16, 2025—volumes totally verifiable in opposition to depot loading data maintained by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
At “an ex-gantry worth of N699 per litre…obtainable to all entrepreneurs and bulk customers with out discrimination,” Dangote known as on stakeholders: “Dangote Petroleum Refinery due to this fact known as on filling station operators, giant scale customers, and institutional customers to patronise domestically refined, top quality petroleum merchandise, reasonably than counting on imported alternate options which might be typically dearer and of unsure high quality.
“By sourcing PMS domestically at N699 per litre, entrepreneurs are higher positioned to go on worth reduction to customers, improve market stability, preserve overseas change, and help Nigeria’s broader financial restoration and vitality safety aims.”
The refinery stated the false report in query is, thereby, a deliberate fabrication promoted by gasoline importers whose industrial pursuits are threatened by the stabilising affect of large-scale home refining.
In keeping with it, this misinformation has been opportunistically deployed by gasoline importers to justify latest and unwarranted will increase in petrol pump costs.
Dangote Refinery stated, “Such conduct is inconsistent with nationwide curiosity and imposes pointless hardship on Nigerians, notably at a time when home refining has considerably improved provide availability and moderated costs.”
“With out the refinery, petrol costs may escalate to ranges estimated at as much as N1,400 per litre in a put up subsidy atmosphere,” it warned, positioning its operations as “a crucial stabilising power within the downstream petroleum market.”
Dangote reaffirmed that the refinery remained firmly dedicated to making sure regular provide, worth moderation, and long-term vitality safety by sustained native refining.
Consistent with “international business requirements,” it does “not touch upon inside upkeep schedules, that are managed in accordance with worldwide greatest practices and don’t disrupt provide,” the refinery stated.
“Stakeholders and members of the general public are suggested to ignore false experiences, stay vigilant in opposition to worth manipulation, and depend on verified data from credible sources. Dangote Petroleum Refinery will proceed to behave within the nationwide curiosity by supplying top quality, domestically refined petroleum merchandise whereas supporting Nigeria’s financial stability, vitality independence, and industrial development,” it said.
