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BREAKING: Dangote Refinery Commences Petrol Production Test Run

A report by Reuters stated that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is undergoing test runs for petrol production, with full operation expected to commence by mid-September.

by NewsOnline Nigeria
August 23, 2024
in Economy And Business, Headline
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Dangote Refinery has commenced a petrol production test run.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that oil marketers are awaiting the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, being produced by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery as the plant begins a production test-run of PMS before it is released in September.

 

A report by Reuters stated that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is undergoing test runs for petrol production, with full operation expected to commence by mid-September.

 

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Citing a note by IIR Energy, an oil industry monitor, the publication said the date could be extended further.

 

According to the report, IIR said in a note to clients that “it is possible that there could be further extensions”.

 

IIR Energy provides real-time, supply-side global market intelligence for the commodity trading community.

 

The spokesperson of Dangote refinery, Anthony Chiejina, had yet to respond to enquiries when contacted by our correspondent on Thursday to speak on the matter.

 

Meanwhile, NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the members of the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria and their counterparts in the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria said they were still awaiting the price of the product from the $20bn plant.

On August 20, NewsOnlie Nigeria reported that the Federal Government’s committee which was set up to ensure the implementation of crude oil sales to local refineries in naira had reached an agreement with the Dangote Petroleum Refinery for the rollout of petrol in September this year.

 

The report stated that the Federal Government also disclosed that the sale of crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other local refineries will commence on October 1, 2024.

 

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, announced this during a meeting with the Implementation Committee in Abuja.

 

Also at the meeting, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr Zacch Adedeji, and the Chairman of the Technical Sub-Committee reported that “The first PMS delivery from Dangote is expected next month under existing agreements.”

 

When contacted and asked whether the price of PMS from the refinery had been made known to marketers, the National Operations Controller of IPMAN, Mustapha Zarma, said oil dealers were still waiting for the cost of a litre of petrol from the refinery.

 

“There is no cost yet. When the product is available, they will release the cost. But they are test-running the plants now,” Zarma stated.

He, however, pointed out that oil marketers may not be able to buy petrol from Dangote refinery if the cost is the actual market price, stressing that the pump price of PMS is currently lower than the actual market price.

“Even if there is a price from the refinery, you cannot buy their product. At the prevailing retail price, you cannot buy their product. You can only buy it if they (Dangote) go into agreement with the government or unless the policy on petrol pricing changes,” Zarma stated

 

The IPMAN official reiterated the recent revelation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited that the pump prices of petrol in Nigeria were far below the landing cost of the commodity.

MEMAN recently stated that the landing cost of petrol was around N1,117/litre.

Zarma said Dangote would not sell his product below his cost price, except if the government intervenes. The government, through NNPC, is the sole importer of petrol into Nigeria and it bears the burden of subsidising the cost of the product.

 

Changes in dates

The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, announced on May 18, 2024, that from June, the refinery would begin producing petrol, adding that Nigeria would not have to import the product again.

In June, he stated that due to a minor delay, the refinery would commence petrol supply in July.

The July target was then moved to August before the government announced on August 20 that the plant would release PMS in September.

An official of MEMAN stated that the refinery was taking its time to ensure that the product meets the required specifications for the country.

 

The official, who spoke to our correspondent in confidence due to lack of authorisation to speak on the matter, also explained what the test-run of PMS by the plant entails.

 

He said, “Under normal circumstances, when you make your product, you are not making it in a bucket, you are making it to fill massive tanks. Because when you start selling, you are going to be selling in ships. So, you make several millions of litres and you keep blending and testing until it reaches the right specifications.

 

“It is like when you are cooking a soup, when you put salt, you taste it, when you put seasoning you taste and that is how you continue until you reach the right taste. It is the same thing when they continue to blend and blend until it reaches the required specification.

 

“You blend, you mix it and you test if it has the right specs; if it’s not, you mix some more and blend it; you adjust your refinery, blend it, and test it. You keep blending and testing until it reaches the right specification. When it reaches the right specification, then you push up.”

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