The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Wednesday said the supply of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol increased to 71.5million litres per day (ml/d in November 2025 from the 46.0ml/d recorded in October 2025 because of the imports by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to build inventory and guarantee supply for the Yuletide season.
This was made known in the X handle document titled: “State of Downstream Sector: NMDPRA Fact sheet (November 2025).”
The factsheet, which described the NNPC as the supplier of the last resort, added that the 12-month vessels billed to discharge in the previous month could only be offloaded in November to further swell the stock.
Stating the reasons for high petrol stock in the period under review, NMDPRA said, “The significant increase in PMS supply in November 2025 was on account of the following: (a) Lower supply recorded in September and October, below the national demand threshold;
“(b) The need for boosting the national stock level to meet the peak demand period of end-of-year festivities.
“(c) Imports by the NNPC, the supplier of last resort, in November 2025, to build inventory and supply further guarantee supply during the peak demand period.
“12 months vessels programmed to discharge into October but spilled into November 2025. Domestic supply volumes are based on disport/discharge figures and refinery truck out.”
The factsheet also revealed that the average daily consumption of petrol in the country has crashed by 3.8million litres per day (ml/d) to 52.9ml/d in November 2025 from the average daily consumption of 56.7ml in October 2025.
In the period under review, petrol stock sufficiency has hit 16.65 days from the 11.1 days recorded in October 2025.
According to the factsheet, out of the six modular refineries listed in the period under review, two were out of production.
On Modular Refinery and Capacities,” NMDPRA said OPAC and Duport “are not on production.”
It further explained that Waltersmith’s average capacity utilization is 63.32 per cent while its average diesel supply is 0.133 million litres per day.
The Authority also disclosed that Edo Refinery has an average capacity utilization of 91.40 with an average diesel supply of 0.060ml/d.
It said Aradel has an average utilization capacity of 62.30 per cent, but supplied an average of 0.296 ml/d in the period under review.
NMDPRA said in November 2025, the country’s average Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, daily supply rose to 5mt/day from 4mt/d in October 2025.
The document also revealed the volume of gas utilized by strategic sectors, noting that gas-to-power was 0.645Bscf/d, gas to commercial was 0.581Bscf/d, and gas-based industries were 0.420 Bscf/d.
NMDPRA said LNG exported by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) was 101,555m3/d, while NG exported via West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) was 0.121Bscf/d.
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