Dangote Refinery has failed to meet its daily petrol supply commitment to the Nigerian market, official data from a regulator shows.
According to the Dangote Evacuation Report, sourced from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), between 15 September and 5 October, the refinery delivered only 148 million litres of petrol, instead of 575 million litres.
Earlier in September, the Federal Government said the Dangote Refinery would supply Nigeria’s domestic market with 25 million litres of petrol daily and 35 million litres daily from October.
However, the data report indicated that the refinery’s actual supply fell short of expectations.
The refinery’s performance between September 15 and 30 was 26 percent of its target, with 2,207 trucks loaded out of 3,621 trucks sent to it within the period under review.
The trucks loaded just 102,973,025 litres of the planned 400,000,000 litres of petrol earmarked to be lifted from the refinery at 25 million litres per day. With that figure, the refinery demonstrated a total supply shortfall of 297, 026,975 litres in 16 days. So the average supply shortfall is approximately 18.6 million litres per day or 74.3 percent of the target.
Between 1 and 5 October, the refinery loaded 991 trucks out of 3,112 planned truck-outs. The trucks loaded just 45,114,534 litres of the planned 140,000,000 litres of petrol earmarked to be lifted from the refinery at 35 million litres per day, achieving only 32 percent of its target.
Although the total volume expected for five days should be 175 million (35 million per day), the total 140 million litres planned suggests that it was only for four of the five days between 1 and 5 October.
Based on the actual 45,114,534 litres loaded, the refinery demonstrated a total supply shortfall of 94,885,466 litres.
Loading data obtained by this newspaper showed that on 15 September, the first day of loading, the Dangote Refinery supplied the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Retail Limited (NNPC Retail Ltd) with a total of 2,486,842 (2.48 million) litres of petrol in 56 trucks.
On 16 September, NNPC Retail loaded 50 trucks containing 2,221,773 (2.2 million) litres of petrol. Another marketer, AYM Shafa, loaded 24 trucks with 1,120,465 (1.1 million) litres of the product. The total number of trucks loaded for the day was 74, while the product received aggregated to 3,342,238 (3.3 million) litres.
However, product supply improved marginally on 17 September but was still far below expectations. On the day, NNPC Retail Ltd received 4,063,526 (4 million) litres in 89 trucks, while AYM Shafa could only load one truck, which carried 44,999 litres of the product. NIPCO trucked out 360,161 litres of petrol in eight trucks. The total number of trucks loaded for the day was 98, conveying 4,468,686 (about 4.5 million) litres of the product.
On 18 September, the supply from the refinery also improved significantly but was still far below expectations. The refinery loaded 182 trucks with 8.39 million litres of petrol. On 19 September, the refinery loaded 246 trucks with 11.69 million litres of petrol while the supply dropped to 7.15 million litres on 20 September with 152 trucks loaded on that day.
On 21 September, the petrol loaded at the refinery improved to 9.40 million litres with 204 trucks loaded. The refinery loaded 127 trucks with 5.93 million litres of petrol on 22 September. On 23 September, the refinery loaded 106 trucks with 4.77 million litres of petrol.
On 24 September the refinery loaded 143 trucks with 6.67 million litres. Supply was reduced to 3.74 million litres on 25 September with 81 trucks loaded. The petrol loaded at the refinery on 26 September improved to 7.89 million litres with 156 trucks loaded.
On 27 September, the refinery loaded 138 trucks with 6.72 million litres. And 90 trucks were loaded with 4.28 million litres of petrol on 28 September.
On 29 September, the supply from the refinery improved significantly but was still far below expectations. The refinery loaded 245 trucks with 11.36 million litres of petrol and on 30 September, the supply from the refinery declined drastically to 4.64 million litres and 99 trucks were loaded.
On 1 October, the refinery loaded 248 trucks with 11.37 million litres of petrol. On 2 October, the refinery loaded 224 trucks with 10.04 million litres of the product. On 3 and 4 October, the refinery loaded 210 and 154 trucks with 9.48 and 9.48 million litres, respectively. On 5 October, the refinery loaded 155 trucks with 7.10 million litres of the product.
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