Importation by NNPC Pushes Petrol Import to 52m litres/day in November

…highest imports in 16 months

Nigeria recorded a sharp increase in premium motor spirit (petrol) import, reaching 52.1 million litres per day in November 2025, from 28.9 million litres in October, and 37.4 million litres recorded in November 2024.

According to the November fact sheet of the Nigerian Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), obtained by BusinessDay on Sunday, the significant increase in PMS supply in November 2025 was on the account of the imports by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.

The NMDPRA noted that the imports was aimed to build inventory and further guarantee supply during the peak demand period.

Other reasons for the increase according to the Authority, was due to “low supply recorded in September and October 2025, below the national demand threshold; the need for boosting national stock level to meet the peak demand period of end-of-year festivities and twelve vessels programmed to discharge into October which spilled into November.”

The domestic refinery supply in the period (November 2025) stood at 17.1 million litres per day, as average daily consumption of PMS  for the month was 52.9 million litres per day.

Analysis of Dangote Refinery performance, indicates that of the 35 million litres per day planned domestic supply for the refinery, the actual average domestic evacuation in November was 23.52 million per day.

It also noted that no production activities was recorded in all the state owned refineries (Port Harcourt, warri and Kaduna refineries) in the period,  as the refineries remained on shut down mode. 

On the gas side, the average daily gas supply climbed to 4.684 billion standard cubic feet per day in November 2025, from the 3.94bscf/d average processing level recorded in October. Also, the Nigeria LNG Trains 1–6 maintained a stable processing output of 3.5bscf/d in November, but utilisation improved slightly to 73.7 per cent compared with 71.68 per cent in October.

The increase according to the report was driven by higher plant utilisation across processing hubs, and steady export volumes from the Nigeria LNG plant in Bonny.

 “As of November 2025, Nigeria’s major gas processing facilities recorded improved output and utilisation levels, with the Nigeria LNG Trains 1–6 processing 3.50 billion standard cubic feet per day at a utilisation rate of 73.70 per cent.

“Gbaran-Ubie Gas Plant processed 1.250bscf per day, operating at 71.21 per cent utilisation, while the MPNU Bonny River Terminal recorded a throughput of 0.690bscf per day during the period.

“Processing activities at the Escravos Gas Plant stood at 0.680bscf per day, representing a 62 per cent utilisation rate, whereas the Soku Gas Plant emerged as the top performer, processing 0.600bscf per day at 96.84 per cent utilisation,” the report stated.

The report also indicates that supply to the power sector increased slightly to 0.645bscf per day in November, compared with 0.641bscf per day recorded in October. Gas supply to the commercial hubs also recorded increase in the period, rising from 0.522bscf per day  in October to 0.581bscf per day in November.

“Breakdown of domestic gas utilisation showed that the power sector remained the largest off-taker, consuming 0.645bscf per day, followed by the commercial segment at 0.581bscf per day and gas-based industries at 0.420bscf per day.

“Export volumes remained strong during the month, with the Nigeria LNG Limited exporting an average of 101,555 cubic metres of LNG per day, equivalent to 45,966 metric tonnes, while natural gas exports through the West African Gas Pipeline averaged 0.121bscf per day,” it stated.

These increases, according to the Authority is attributed to improvement in upstream supply and restoration of capacities at power plants that had faced feedstock shortages in October.

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