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Nigeria oil output up, import tensions and refinery shifts

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Nigeria oil output up, imports surge, import tensions and refinery pricing shifts

Oil output continued to rise through 2026, with OPEC data showing 1.38 mbpd in March (up 5 % from February) and a further increase to 1.56 mbpd in May, reaching about approximately 1.70 mbpd in May‑June and by May-June, exceeding the 1.5 mbpd OPEC quota for the first time in 2026. quota. Production gains were supported by improved pipeline security, Trans‑Niger Pipeline maintenance and community vigilance, security and by NUPRC’s identification of infrastructure constraints maintenance. While imports previously surged, recent data from the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) indicated that could allow output by late July, the spot landed cost of up to 1.9 mbpd. Imports also surged, climbing to 5.9 million litres imported Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at N1,223.32 per day in March and jumping 207 % to 18.1 million litres litre exceeded the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s gantry price of N1,215 per day in June, pressuring litre, making locally refined fuel the naira. The state‑owned NNPC reported a $3.4 bn cost saving, more cost-effective option. However, the downstream market has faced renewed volatility. By late August, petrol pump prices in Abuja rose following a new oil discovery series of hikes at OML 74 and a technical‑equity partnership with Chinese firms the Dangote Refinery, where the ex-depot price increased from N1,165 to revive N1,265 per litre within a single week. Despite the idle Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, refinery’s capacity, petrol imports reportedly rose by 43.3 percent, prompting civil‑society calls from economists for greater transparency and a push to privatise the four state refineries. The downstream market saw multiple price adjustments by NMDPRA to verify supply gaps before issuing import licenses. Further tensions have emerged as the Dangote Refinery: a series of cuts Refinery considers restricting sales to ₦1,075 /L in early July, a rise major marketers who continue to ₦1,215 /L when naira sales resumed, import petrol. The refinery has alleged that some marketers blend substandard imported fuel with its high-quality products and noted a subsequent reduction lack of independent regulatory laboratory infrastructure to ₦1,165 /L in early August. Data from MEMAN confirmed that locally refined fuel now costs less than verify the quality of imported PMS. Regulatory actions included NUPRC’s merger with cargoes. Meanwhile, the nuclear regulator, a data‑financing partnership Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) continues to advocate for gas, enforcement against under‑dispensing stations, and intensified pipeline security operations by PINL, the navy and private security firms. These developments together shape Nigeria’s evolving oil‑gas sector, balancing higher output, import dependence, pricing volatility a ban on fuel imports to protect foreign-exchange reserves and reform efforts. domestic industrialization.

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