Nigeria’s petrol imports dropped 37.3% to 3.7 million litres per day in April, down from 5.9 million litres in March, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority said Tuesday.
In its monthly midstream and downstream report, NMDPRA said crude oil imports also fell sharply by 95.65% to 0.41 million barrels in April from 9.43 million barrels in March.
Besides, crude supply from Nigerian upstream firms to local refineries rose 56% to 17.99 million barrels in April, compared to 11.48 million barrels in March.
The Dangote refinery ran at 99.12% capacity utilisation in April and hit 100% on most days, the report showed.
It produced 53.6 million litres of petrol daily, along with 23.6 million litres of diesel and 22.9 million litres of kerosene/aviation fuel.
The refinery supplied 40.7 million litres of petrol daily to the domestic market, accounting for 79.64% of Nigeria’s total consumption.
Nigeria consumed 51.1 million litres of petrol per day in April 2025.
Despite increased output from private refineries, the Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries remained shut throughout April.
The Port Harcourt Refining Company evacuated zero litres of diesel in April, down from 0.048 million litres per day in March.
Among modular refineries, Edo Refinery recorded the highest capacity utilisation at 79.2%, followed by WalterSmith at 56.14% and Aradel at 33.95%. OPAC and Duport refineries were inactive.
Active modular refineries supplied an average of 0.559 million litres of fuel daily.
NMDPRA recorded average petrol retail prices at N1,271.50/litre in Lagos, N1,326/litre in Abuja, and N1,371.50/litre in Maiduguri in April.
National petrol sufficiency stood at 18 days, while diesel and aviation fuel stocks covered 39 days and 70 days respectively.
Average cooking gas supply was 4,545 metric tonnes per day against consumption of 4,818 metric tonnes per day.
