The Dangote Petroleum refinery has begun exporting Premium Motor Spirit, selling approximately 1.35 billion litres of petrol to other countries worldwide in the past 50 days.
President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, disclosed this at the ongoing Global Commodity Insights Conference on West African Refined Fuel Markets hosted by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority in partnership with S&P Global Insights.
According to Dangote, between June and July 2025, the refinery exported up to 1 million tonnes of petrol, being approximately 1.35 billion litres when converted.
However, despite the Dangote refinery’s export drive, Nigeria still relies heavily on fuel imports, according to the NMDPRA, Nigeria and other West African countries still import nearly 69 per cent of their gasoline supply from overseas markets.
