The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has resumed importation of petrol, one year after announcing it had stopped importing the product.
It would be recalled that on November 12, 2024, Mele Kyari, NNPC’s former Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), said the national oil company had stopped importing petroleum products.
However, in its State of the Midstream and Downstream Fact Sheet for November 2025, published on Wednesday, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said NNPC imported petrol last month.
NMDPRA said the importation of petrol by NNPC contributed to a significant increase in total petrol supply in November, which jumped from 46 million litres in October to 71.5 million litres per day last month.
The authority reported that, of the total petrol supply, 52.1 million litres were imported, while local refineries supplied 19.5 million litres in November.
NMDPRA said the significant increase in petrol supply in November 2025 was also due to low supply recorded in September and October 2025, below the national demand threshold.
The authority also attributed the increase to efforts to boost national stock levels to meet the peak demand period of end-of-year festivities.
Additionally, the regulator cited “imports by the NNPC, the supplier of last resort, in November 2025, to build inventory and further guarantee supply during the peak demand period.”
Also, NMDPRA said 12 vessels, which were originally scheduled to discharge in October, spilled over into November, adding to petrol stocks.
“Domestic supply volumes are based on disport/discharged figures + refinery truck-outs,” NMDPRA added.
Further breakdown by the NMDPRA showed that Nigeria’s daily petrol consumption dropped to 52.9 million litres during the reviewed period, from 56.7 million litres in October — indicating a 6.7 percent decline.
Despite the decline, the authority said the November figure was above the daily demand benchmark of 50 million litres.
It said that in October, Nigerians consumed an average of 15.4 million litres of diesel and 2.5 million litres of aviation fuel.
According to the report, Dangote Refinery supplied an average of 23.52 million litres of petrol per day in November.
In contrast, NMDPRA said the three refineries operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited produced no petrol during the period as they remained shut down.
However, the authority noted that the evacuation of diesel produced when the Port Harcourt refinery was operational before May 24, 2025, continued at an “average rate of 0.349 million litres per day.”