The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has successfully removed Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from the Dangote Refinery using its first fleet of trucks.
Over a hundred trucks from the country’s oil corporation arrived at the refinery ahead of the start of the petrol lifting from the 650,000 barrels per day facility, according to earlier report.
On Sunday, September 15, 2024, the Dangote Group posted a video tweet showing the trucks filling petrol from the refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos state.
The vice president of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Devakumar Edwin (M), spoke to reporters at the refinery on Sunday. He characterized the beginning of the petrol lifting as a proud moment for all Nigerians.
He said:
In response to a query about the refinery’s ability to supply the nation with PMS on a daily basis, Edwin stated that 44% of the PMS produced at the Dangote refinery can satisfy the nation’s needs.
Confirming this to Daily Trust, chief spokesperson of NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye also dismissed a media report that the fuel was bought at N760 per litre.
He also confirmed that the company would receive 16.8m litres from the refinery while over 70 trucks had loaded as of Sunday.
He said:
TimesNow.com.ng previously reported that Devakumar Edwin disclosed that a government policy forced Dangote Industries to scrap its plan to construct a 1,200km subsea gas pipeline.
Edwin, who made this known recently, said the pipeline was meant to marshal two billion standard cubic feet (SCF) of gas daily from the offshore fields to the Nigerian shore.
He added that industries would have used the gas to stimulate economic growth rather than export raw materials.
Proofreading by James, Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at TimesNow.com.ng.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
