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Nigeria fuel sector in numbers — July 2026

Dangote refinery ran at 71.09% of installed capacity (−30.3 pts MoM). National PMS consumption was 35.7 ML/day — 71% of the NMDPRA 2026 benchmark of 50 ML/day (derived). Full breakdown of Nigeria's downstream sector from the NMDPRA fact sheet.

Generated 2026-09-20 from the NMDPRA fact sheet for July 2026.

This month in numbers

Refinery output — Dangote (DPRP)

Indicator2026-07
Utilization71.09%
Peak utilization—
PMS production—
PMS domestic supply—
PMS exports—
AGO production—
AGO domestic supply—
AGO exports—
ATK production—
ATK domestic supply—
ATK exports—
Modular refineries — AGO domestic—

Average daily, ML/day unless noted. Source: NMDPRA fact sheet.

Supply & consumption vs regulator benchmarks

ProductConsumptionSupply (total)Benchmark
PMS35.7 ML/d45.5 ML/d50 ML/d
AGO14.7 ML/d23.6 ML/d14 ML/d
ATK1.7 ML/d1.9 ML/d3 ML/d
LPG4.4 kt/d5.3 kt/d3.9 kt/d

NMDPRA 2026 daily demand benchmarks shown for reference.

National fuel sufficiency (days of stock)

ProductDaysvs previous month
PMS22.4(+2.4 days MoM)
AGO46.5(+9.5 days MoM)
ATK58.6(−14.4 days MoM)
LPG16.3(+0.3 days MoM)

Days the country could coast on existing national stock at the average daily consumption rate.

Includes gross PMS stock at the Dangote refinery (per sheet note). From February 2026 the published basis includes DPRP stock; earlier months exclude it — compare across that boundary with care.

Gas sector

  • Total gas supplied: 4.723 Bscf/day.
  • NLNG: 2.695 Bscf/day.
  • Domestic: 2.028 Bscf/day.
  • Sectoral split — power 0.534, commercial 0.507, industries 0.552 Bscf/day.

Sources & method

Every figure in this report is a value published by NMDPRA in the fact sheet above or an attributed market source. Values NMDPRA did not report render as “not reported” (shown as —). Figures labelled “derived” are arithmetic over published values (e.g. month-on-month changes, share of benchmark). This report is generated automatically and is informational; it is not trading advice.

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