The Association of Nigeria Refineries Petroleum Marketers has inaugurated taskforce to flush out bunkering, adulteration products, artificial scarcity and all forms of illegalities in the sector. Inaugurating the task force in Asaba, the Delta State capital, the Niger Delta Operations Controller, Dr Eldson Nwadiaro, said they had a mandate to flush out all forms of illegalities in the petroleum sector …

The Dangote oil refinery is set to put an end to the monthly importation of an average of 1 billion litres of premium motor spirit (PMS) in Nigeria. This was as the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, revealed that Nigeria would end petrol imports the moment the refinery started selling the product in June. It was earlier reported …

Petroleum marketers say the non-availability of Premium Motor Spirit in filling stations located in Lagos and Ogun states is as a result of a shortage in supply. Similarly, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) confirmed that there were no products in its Apapa depots. Saturday PUNCH reports that long queues resurfaced in filling stations across the two states on …

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global transparency body, on Tuesday, charged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to provide further details on its 20 per cent equity in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It gave the charge during a visit of the EITI delegation to Nigeria, stressing that NNPCL had yet to clarify its equity interest in the …

Oil marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have berated the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) for alleged delay in the supply of petroleum products. As a result, the marketers said they had been forced to boycott the NNPCL to source fuel from private depot owners at a higher cost. In an exclusive …

Refined petroleum products from the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery are to be sold in naira and not in the United States dollar as speculated in some quarters, oil marketers clarified on Monday. Dealers in the downstream oil sector also stated that the registration process for marketers at the refinery was still ongoing, as many operators had continued to register …

Large consignments of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly called petrol or fuel), being imported by major oil marketers, are to hit Nigeria from next week and may force down the price of the commodity, both major and independent dealers stated on Sunday. It was also gathered that crude oil refiners were currently releasing refined petroleum products on credit to dealers from …

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, confirmed that other oil marketers have joined in the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, following the recent removal of subsidy on the commodity. It revealed that about three mega oil marketers were currently expecting PMS cargoes in July, while many others had applied for licences to import the product, as the …

Oil marketers claimed on Tuesday that numerous depots had ceased filling up with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), because of the uncertainty brought on by the compilation of general election results nationwide. While filling stations operated by major marketers and the NNPC Limited were selling petrol between N194 and N200/litre, other outlets operated by independent marketers dispensed the product between N250 …

The Federal Government has accused the rising cost of petrol on the rush by petroleum marketers to make illicit profits from the hardship of Nigerians. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, who stated this to State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, also lamented the hardship the situation had …