The Dangote Refinery supplied an average of 41.5 million litres of petrol per day in May 2026, up from 40.7 million litres per day it supplied in April 2026, data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has shown.
The NMDPRA May 2026 ‘State of the Midstream and Downstream Fact Sheet’ released on Wednesday showed that the refinery is 33.5 million litres per day short of its initial supply plan. But moving towards the estimated national consumption target.
In January, the refinery pledged to supply 75 million litres of petrol daily against an estimated national consumption of 50 million litres.
Petrol import surge
The report showed that the volume of petrol imported in May rose to 5.9 million per barrel (mpb) from 3.7 mpd recorded in April.
The authority also reported a sharp drop in petrol consumption, decreasing to 46.3 million litres per day in May, down from 51.1 million litres per day in the previous month.
The domestic supply of Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) increased to 18.8 ml/d in May from 8.5 ml/d in April, and the daily diesel consumption reduced to 16.0 ml/d from 17.3 ml/d.
State-owned refineries performance
The NMDPRA report shows that Nigeria’s four state-owned refineries produced zero in May. It said the Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries remained shut down throughout the period.
Modular refineries
On modular refineries, the report said Waltersmith Refinery posted an average capacity utilisation of 65.31 per cent with AGO production of 0.296 ml/d and AGO supply of 0.242 ml/d.
Edo Refinery posted an average capacity utilisation of 91.66 per cent with AGO supply of 0.080ml/d, while ARADEL recorded 62.94 per cent utilisation and supplied an average of 0.326ml/d of AGO.
The NMDPRA said the three modular refineries supplied an average of 0.648 million litres/day in the month of May.
The report listed Nigeria’s 2026 daily consumption benchmarks as 50 million litres per day (ml/d) for petrol, 14 ml/d for diesel, 3 ml/d for aviation fuel (ATK), and 3.9 metric tonnes per day for cooking gas.
