…. domestic petrol consumption rises from 52.3m l/d in Dec. 2024 to 63.7m l/d in Dec. 2025

Oredola Adeola

Despite a planned domestic supply target of 50 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) per day by December 2025, Dangote Petroleum Refinery recorded an average daily truck-out of 32.012 million litres, leaving about 31.688 million litres per day of national consumption to be met by importers and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, with stock sufficiency standing at 29.20 days.

This was contained in the fact sheet on the state of the midstream and downstream sector for December 2025, released by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and obtained by Advisors Reports.

The document showed that Dangote Refinery’s capacity utilisation peaked at 71 per cent during the month under review.

Recall that on Sunday, November 30, 2025, President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, had assured Nigerians that the refinery would make available 50 million litres of PMS daily from December 1, 2025, adding that the facility would supply about 1.5 billion litres of PMS monthly to the domestic market in December 2025 and January 2026.

Meanwhile, the NMDPRA data relatively aligns with a statement issued by the refinery on January 5, 2026, in which it emphasised that it has consistently maintained adequate PMS availability for the domestic market, loading between 31 million and 48 million litres of PMS daily from its gantry between December 16, 2025, and January 5, 2026, in line with prevailing market demand.

Further analysis of the data from the NMDPRA showed that oil marketer imported about 42.2 million litres of PMS per day, while locally produced petrol—largely from the Dangote Refinery—accounted for 32.0 million litres per day, bringing total daily petrol supply to approximately 74.2 million litres nationwide.

The regulator explained that the domestic supply are volumes received into coastal depots plus volumes trucked out from domestic refineries.

It also emphasised that the petrol supply in December 2025 increased due to significant improvement in supply from Dangote refinery (19.5ML/day to 32ML/day).

On a year-on-year basis, the NMDPRA data showed that average daily petrol consumption, measured by volumes trucked into the domestic market, increased from 52.3 million litres per day on December 25, 2024, to 63.7 million litres per day in December 25, 2025.

According to the NMDPRA, the verified data underscores Nigeria’s strategic transformation in the energy sector, highlighting reduced imports, strengthened domestic production, job creation, improved safety standards and enhanced economic stability.