Despite a combined refining capacity of 985,000 barrels per day, Nigeria’s three operational refineries—Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna—supply less than 50% of the country’s daily petrol needs, according to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.
The NMDPRA stated that the supply gap is being covered by importing refined petroleum products, revealing that Nigeria’s daily petrol consumption stands at 50 million liters.
This was disclosed by the NMDPRA Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed, at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja.