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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery says there has been no shutdown or suspension of truck loading activities at its facility.

On Friday, media reports announced the resumption of petrol loading at the refinery after maintenance work, with its ex-gantry petrol price increasing to N850 per litre.

Two days ago, reports circulated that Dangote refinery is planning a 15-day maintenance shutdown of its petrol-making residue fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) unit, from on August 10.

In a statement on Friday by Anthony Chiejina, the group chief branding and communications officer, Dangote Group, the refinery’s management said routine maintenance activities at the refinery are standard and do not impact the overall fuel supply.


The refinery also confirmed that its ex-gantry petrol price is “N850 per litre”.

“The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is fully operational. There has been no shutdown, nor has there been any suspension of truck loading activities” the statement reads.

The refinery explained that the occasional sale of residual catalytic oil (RCO) is routine and typically involves large parcel sales, which accounts for the recent fuel oil tender.

According to the statement, Dangote refinery supplies more than 40 million litres of petrol daily, along with consistent volumes of diesel, and the deliveries “continue unabated, despite speculation suggesting otherwise”.

“As the world’s largest single-train petroleum refinery, the facility employs advanced predictive and preventive maintenance protocols to ensure uninterrupted operations. Routine maintenance activities are standard and do not impact the overall fuel supply” the statement reads.

In response to speculation regarding potential shortages and price hikes, the refinery “challenged those sponsoring the rumour to place orders for daily deliveries of up to 40 million litres of PMS and 15 million litres of diesel for the next 90 days”.

“To those who believe this misinformation and anticipate a bullish market, we extend a challenge: We invite interested buyers to place immediate orders for up to 40 million litres of PMS daily and 15 million litres of AGO daily, for the next 90 days,” Dangote refinery said.

The refinery said it remains committed to transparency and safeguarding Nigeria’s energy security.

SmartPolician:
If Dangote refinery shuts down, these irresponsible marketers will finish Nigerians. BTW, why is the BUA refinery taking so long to come on stream? Nigeria needs at least one refinery with 100k bpd refining capacity for each of the six regions to satisfy regional petroleum demands.

SmartPolician:
If Dangote refinery shuts down, these irresponsible marketers will finish Nigerians. BTW, why is the BUA refinery taking so long to come on stream? Nigeria needs at least one refinery with 100k bpd refining capacity for each of the six regions to satisfy regional petroleum demands.

DiamondsAreFore:
https://www.thecable.ng/dangote-refinery-denies-shutdown-says-routine-maintenance-doesnt-affect-fuel-supply/

Kastonkastroll:
Before we should think of banning fuel importation we have to have at least 5 or 6 functioning refineries in the country and the refineries shouldn't be owned by one man... If this can be achieved, I believe many people will support the total ban on fuel importation.

And I don't even understand this talk of growing the economy if refined fuel importation is banned. But our economy was the best in the whole of Africa when we were importing refined fuel... Na wa ooh

DiamondsAreFore:
https://www.thecable.ng/dangote-refinery-denies-shutdown-says-routine-maintenance-doesnt-affect-fuel-supply/

Kastonkastroll:
but before dangote refinery came on board, people were importing and the marketers didn't kill Nigerians. And if I could even remember, our economy was booming when we were importing refined fuel. Many Nigerians were living large and happy.


Don't import this, don't import that; na like that una take spoil the country with unnecessary hardship

Dogalmighty17:
If it won't affect supply of petrol, then why does the company think the public needs to know about it maintenance operation? Not everything has to be news.

Kastonkastroll:
Before we should think of banning fuel importation we have to have at least 5 or 6 functioning refineries in the country and the refineries shouldn't be owned by one man... If this can be achieved, I believe many people will support the total ban on fuel importation.

And I don't even understand this talk of growing the economy if refined fuel importation is banned. But our economy was the best in the whole of Africa when we were importing refined fuel... Na wa ooh

Kastonkastroll:
Before we should think of banning fuel importation we have to have at least 5 or 6 functioning refineries in the country and the refineries shouldn't be owned by one man... If this can be achieved, I believe many people will support the total ban on fuel importation.

And I don't even understand this talk of growing the economy if refined fuel importation is banned. But our economy was the best in the whole of Africa when we were importing refined fuel... Na wa ooh