An investigation by Channels Television, has revealed that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has significantly ramped up its domestic distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), widely known as petrol, to filling stations nationwide.
Industry sources also confirm that Dangote refinery aggressively boosted its fuel dispatches between Friday and early this morning, Saturday, June 6, 2026.
Following this, major partner stations including major retail chains like MRS have experienced a substantial spike in fresh petrol supplies.
On Saturday morning, sources said petrol tankers clogged the Lagos-Ibadan Motorway as they took turns delivering fuel to MRS stations in Lagos.
Meanwhile, petrol prices at MRS stations have dropped to N1,282 per litre, compared with N1,295 and N1,380 per litre at other stations.
This comes only a week after the refinery announced that it had reduced the ex-depot price of petrol to N1,250 per litre from N1,275 per litre, while it also cut the price of AGO (diesel) to N1,700 per litre from N1,800 per litre.
The refinery said in a press release on Wednesday that Process Licensors had tested its crude oil processing capacity and confirmed it at 700,000 barrels per day (bpd).
It further described the result as a major milestone in its operational expansion, saying it further strengthens its position as the world’s largest single-train petroleum refinery.
With the new figure, the refinery has now surpassed its nameplate capacity of 650,000 barrels per day.
According to the release, the achievement demonstrates the refinery’s ability to process larger volumes of feedstock while optimising performance across all its production units.
BACKSTORY…
Owned by prominent Nigerian industrialist and philanthropist Aliko Dangote, the facility initially launched fuel production in 2024. Since then, it has steadily scaled up its output, churning out vast quantities of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, and various other refined petroleum products.
As a direct result of this production boom, the Dangote Refinery has rapidly transformed into a dominant supplier for both domestic and international energy markets. Today, it successfully exports refined products across the continent to multiple African nations, as well as to major European hubs including the UK, France, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands.
It has also supplied gasoline to the American market and jet fuel to Saudi Arabia, among others.
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