Difrent:
Ask Google


And come back here to tell us what you learnt

grandstar:


I have long done my research. You should conduct yours

Difrent:

I'm not the one asking stupid questions

You are the one asking nairaland

Instead of asking Google. And it's because you are naive

It's Google that whoever answers you will use

Abi is there anyone living in Malta on nairaland that will confirm if there are refineries there

budaatum:
It does seem like Malta is a transhipment hub for refined oil products, and they are very profitable at it.

I used google.

grandstar:


What is stupid in my question? I have long been bewildered ever since I learnt about Nigeria importing petrol from Malta.

Below is a list of oil refineries worldwide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_refineries

Difrent:


Okay so you don't know how to use Google that's why you are asking nairaland questions you should have asked Google?

Why not ask Google , what is a blending plant and cure your ignorance

grandstar:
I have for long been bewildered that Nigeria has been importing petrol from Malta.

The country isn't known for oil refining. It is no Singapore.

Is Malta a transhipment hub for refined oil products? Does it have massive tank farm capacity to store huge volumes of refined oils?

I want others to research and confirm my findings?

Where is the origin of this imported petrol?

DatIgalaDude:

Or Dangote could be refining petrol here in Nigeria, ship to Malta and import back through proxies for optimum profit.
I personally believe that this his beef with FG is stage managed

grandstar:


Everything revolves around the petrol subsidy.

As long as the price of petrol is not deregulated, all these shenanigans won't end.

grandstar:
I have for long been bewildered that Nigeria has been importing petrol from Malta.

The country isn't known for oil refining. It is no Singapore.

Is Malta a transhipment hub for refined oil products? Does it have massive tank farm capacity to store huge volumes of refined oils?

I want others to research and confirm my findings?

Where is the origin of this imported petrol?

Shipping tracking data seen by BusinessDay showed the loading of off-spec (bad fuel) products by matrix vessels such as vessel ‘MT Kallos’ from a ship that just arrived from Novorossiysk, Russia on 26 May 2024.

“The scale of this is alarming. First of all, Russia was excommunicated from the swift global banking framework of nearly 12,000 banks — which means Russian banks cannot open letter of credit for exports, which makes any oil and gas transaction between Nigerian companies and Russian refineries illegal,” Kelvin Emmanuel, energy expert and co-founder and CEO of Dairy Hills, said.

Shipping data also showed that 15,0000 tons of petroleum products were transloaded into the vessel named ‘Matrix Triumph’ on 16th June, which was thereafter discharged into Matrix Jetty in Warri on June 21.

“Diesel from Russia is typically offspec and is often corrected in places like Lome and Malta by blending with other components. In this case, there was no correction done as the vessel immediately transloaded into Matrix ships immediately upon arrival at offshore Lome on 16 June,” another source said.

Malta emerges as potential hub for Russian oil transfers, ministry remains silent

The Ministry for Transport has neither denied nor confirmed allegations that ships transporting Russian oil have been conducting ship-to-ship transfers near Maltese waters, potentially circumventing international sanctions.

These claims were first reported by Splash 24/7, a maritime news website, which suggested that Malta has become a prime destination for vessels carrying Russian oil following Greece’s decision to restrict such activities in its waters.

According to the report, between 1 May and 1 August this year, there were 54 cases of “ship-to-ship transfer” in Maltese waters, accounting for 44% of all such transfers in the Mediterranean region during this period.

grandstar:


What is stupid in my question? I have long been bewildered ever since I learnt about Nigeria importing petrol from Malta.

Below is a list of oil refineries worldwide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_refineries

flokii:
Ask the Northerners running the country aground.. they are in every corner of NNPC and the Petroleum Industry yet can't get anything to work.
Nigeria is the only crude oil producing nation without a single functional refinery because Dangote's family members have license to import petrol for over 220 million Nigerians. Their recent attacks on Oando and other South owned Oil companies is because they don't want competition

Difrent:


Okay so you don't know how to use Google that's why you are asking nairaland questions you should have asked Google?

Why not ask Google , what is a blending plant and cure your ignorance

grandstar:


At the end of the day, your answer wasn't even the correct one. The upswing in the sale of refined oil from Malta has been so great for it to be down to blending.

grandstar:


You're a time waster.

Difrent:


I don't owe you any explanation.

Don't you think you sound somehow asking such a question when Google could do the same for you .... Seems like laziness to me.
You should have done your own research and ask people to discuss, not ask stupid question.

The person the replied you used Google which you too could have used , that's the point I'm trying to make

grandstar:


. Where you erred was the condescending way you responded.

The person that gave me the correct answer had a clue on what I was really searching for.

What's most important is to be always polite. The rudeness had no place.

Difrent:


Okay so you don't know how to use Google that's why you are asking nairaland questions you should have asked Google?

Why not ask Google , what is a blending plant and cure your ignorance