Dangote Refinery has insisted that Premium Motor Spirit , popularly known as petrol, refined at the refinery, will hit the market by August.
When asked why the refinery is yet to commence domestic supply at its stipulated date of 12 August, Mr Chiejina said,"We said August, and today is 12 August. Just wait; this is August." Mr Dangote, who disclosed this when he received a Senate delegation led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on a tour of the facility, explained that the date change was because of a delay that prompted the shift from the initially proposed date of June to mid-July.
"PMS was supposed to be out by July, but we had a fire incident. The incident disrupted us for a few days, but latest 10 or 12 of August, PMS will be ready," Mr DangoteThe 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Petroleum Refinery commenced diesel and aviation fuel production in January. The company made a further move towards the commencement of the production of refined petroleum products with the receipt of an additional one million barrels of bonny light crude supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company .There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
It also clashed with the regulators of the Nigerian energy industry, including the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority, which claimed diesel from the refiner has sulphur content levels above the allowed threshold. The regulators also accused Dangote of seeking to be a monopoly.