Oil marketers, on Friday, revealed that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, produced by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery was between N1,015 and N1,028/litre depending on the quantity being purchased.

Based on this, the dealers vowed to import the commodity and sell it below the Dangote refinery price as well as the price being sold by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.

Data released by the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria on Thursday showed that the landing cost of petrol was N978.01/litre as of October 31, 2024.

It stated that the landing cost of diesel was N1,069.97/litre, while that of aviation fuel was put at N1,119.67/litre.

The landing cost of these white products is the unit price of the imported commodities on landing on Nigeria’s shores.

Since the Dangote refinery commenced the release of refined petroleum products domestically, it had refused to announce the cost of the commodity despite several demands for the price.

However, a major marketer, who spoke to one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity due to lack of authorisation to speak on the matter, confirmed that the cost of petrol from the Dangote refinery was higher than that of imported PMS.

According to the official, the refinery currently sells to oil marketers making bulk purchase at N1,015/litre and small buyers at N1,028/litre.

The major marketer also disclosed that three cargoes carrying petroleum products recently arrived and had been discharged at seaports along the nation’s borders.

“Dangote is selling to bulk buyers at N1,015/litre, but to marketers who are not buying in bulk, the refinery is selling at N1,028/litre.

“But imported PMS is cheaper than the cost of Dangote’ own, and that is why he is doing all he can to ensure that the government stops the importation of fuel,” the dealer stated.

Commenting on the development, [i]marketers under the aegis of the Petroleum Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria vowed that they would sell imported petrol below the price offered by the Dangote refinery.[/i]

The association said its PMS would also be cheaper than that of the NNPCL.

The PETROAN Publicity Secretary, Dr Joseph Obele, however, told Saturday PUNCH that the price of Dangote PMS might be higher because the refinery was still producing with the imported crude it bought at a premium.

He said the association had struck deals with some international fuel suppliers to import PMS at a good price, adding that the product would arrive in Nigeria at a price around N800/litre.

“PETROAN is an association, but we have incorporated our limited liability company called PETROAN Limited. We have got the licence from the Corporate Affairs Commission, and we have applied to the NMDPRA to licence us and give us authority to import. So, as we get that authority to import, I think we will import from the best market.

“And it is good also for the general public to understand that the landing costs in all the nations are not the same. PETROAN has got a partner from the international market, that the product will arrive here at close to N800/litre. So, since PETROAN has the best value for Nigerian citizens, we are calling on the regulatory agency to release our authority to import in no distant time so our first stock will come in.

“And we assure you that PETROAN will sell far less than Dangote. It will sell at prices far less than NNPC. Right now, NNPC is selling to us at N1,040/litre. PETROAN will not sell like that, because we have negotiated. And all our partners and foreign counterparts are on standby to make sure we give Nigerians the best value,” Obele said.

The associations spokesperson stated that he would not be able to disclose the exact quantity to be imported, but stressed that PMS imported by PETROAN would be cheaper.

Obele explained that Dangote was only selling to NNPC directly, while NNPC sold to marketers.

“I am telling you that that the position of NNPC as a middleman is still active till tomorrow. NNPC has refused to announce how much Dangote is giving. Dangote has also refused to announce how much he is selling to NNPC. So, I think there is an agreement that they don’t announce it.

“All we know is how much NNPC is selling it to us. However, the transaction between the two is not in the public domain. NNPC has refused to mention it. And the general public has said, please make these things open,” he said.

Speaking on the landing cost of N978/litre, he emphasised that the landing cost differs from country to country.

“N978 to N1,000, that’s the landing cost. It was about N1,100 as of last month. But because of the drop in the selling price of crude oil in the international market, PMS has witnessed a downward review in the international market too. So, I think we should also witness a downward review,“ he said.

When reminded that the NNPC just jerked up its price, Obele responded, “No, the issue we have is that the only functional refinery we have is the Dangote refinery. And Dangote has announced to everyone who wants to hear that the crude oil stock he is still working on was the one he bought from the international market; that the naira-for-crude stock, he has not started refining that. So, we don’t expect a downward review from someone who bought old stock when crude oil was selling for $80 and $78 per barrel.

“So, now that it has dropped to $72, we are not expecting to review the price automatically. Because you can put it to us that it is still trading with the old stock. But recently, the price of crude oil has dropped. We hope that whoever is buying the new stock of this new trade should review the price downward. But if what Dangote has used to refine the stock available is the old stock got when crude oil was still selling at $80 per barrel, we don’t expect him to review downward.

“Until the refinery commences production with the stock it just received last week in naira, that’s when people can criticise it. But at the moment, I think the selling rate reflects the former cost of crude oil.”

Meanwhile, the National Assistant Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Yakubu Suleiman, also stated that the cost of Dangote petrol was higher than the imported commodity at the moment.


Suleiman, speaking in an interview with Arise TV, on Friday, stated that the price of fuel from Dangote refinery was higher than the cost of commodities imported.

According to him, the price of petrol at Dangote refinery was set at around N995 and higher than other sources.

Suleiman also accused the Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote refinery, Aliko Dangote, of sidelining key stakeholders in its fuel supply strategy, claiming that limited engagement with independent marketers had hampered their ability to lift petrol from the facility.

When contacted, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of Dangote Group, Tony Chiejina, said the figures being bandied were not correct.

He described reports on Dangote petrol price as fake news, wondering where they emanated from.

“This is fake news. People are just posting what they like,“ he said.

Chiejina, however, declined to give the actual price.

Source: https://punchng.com/Marketers-plan-to-sell-petrol-below-N1,028/litre-Dangote-price

Exactly as I suspected.

The imported fuel is cheaper than dangote fuel by a margin of 77 naira, according to one report I saw online.

If Ipman buys from dangote, they can't compete. They would have to sell higher than nnpc to do good business

Especially since NNPC wangled a cute deal from dangote to sell them fuel at 898 per liter. Meanwhile dangote is offering ipman 1000 or more.

And fuel imported was landed at 950 per liter as at October 1

Again fuel imported into Nigeria comes from two sources

1.substandard European refineries , mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium who refine poor quality cheap fuel and sell it to Nigeria and other African countries.

2. Malta where cheap sanctions busting Russian crude which costs less than 60 dollars a barrel is being refined into fuel

Landing cost of the imported fuel as at October 1 was 950. Dangote is offering ipman local fuel at 1028 max. Meanwhile NNPC is getting fuel from dangote at 898 per liter and it also plans to sell to ipman at 1000 or more.


Ipman decides it's time to keep on importong

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In few hours now they will still debunk this news

Let the competition begin. Consumers would benefit from it

In all their cries about Dangote not revealing his price, they never revealed theirs too. Isnt that wonderfully strange?

How did we get here

This is good for consumers. Competition will bring down the price of fuel and other products. It's a win for Nigerians. God bless Nigeria for ever!

CodeTemplarr:
In all their cries about Dangote not revealing his price, they never revealed theirs too. Isnt that wonderfully strange?

They have done so very subtly.

Dangote is offering IPMAN fuel at 1015 -1028 naira per liter. Meanwhile he is selling the same fuel to NNPC at 898 per liter.

By the time it reaches the market, NNPC would be selling fuel cheaper than IPMAN Members. Already, more people are ready to queue at NNPC stations to buy fuel than buy at IPMAN or MOMAN stations.

The only way for IPMAN to stay competitive is to keep selling imported fuel , which landing cost is N950 as at October 1.

nairalanda1:


The only way for IPMAN to stay competitive is to keep selling imported fuel , which landing cost is N950 as at October 1.

Where is the N950 a litre written or implied in the article?
I have always seen you as a passionate cabal member. I was never wrong.

CodeTemplarr:
Where is the N950 a litre written or implied in the article?

Research online. There are a lot of news reports on the situation. Google is very useful.

But to save you the job...here is the link

I have always seen you as a passionate cabal member. I was never wrong.

I have always seen you as a billionaire who owns lots of landed properties and has fifteen wives, and twenty teenage concubines, who posts undercover here. I was never wrong.

I am not against import of pms as far as the following conditions are met.
1. Importers should source dollars at open market at prevailing rate.
2. There should be no subsidy in whatever form
3. All import duties must be paid by the Importers.

nairalanda1:
Again fuel imported into Nigeria comes from two sources

1.substandard European refineries , mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium who refine poor quality cheap fuel and sell it to Nigeria and other African countries.

2. Malta where cheap sanctions busting Russian crude which costs less than 60 dollars a barrel is being refined into fuel

Landing cost of the imported fuel as at October 1 was 950. Dangote is offering ipman local fuel at 1028 max. Meanwhile NNPC is getting fuel from dangote at 898 per liter and it also plans to sell to ipman at 1000 or more.


Ipman decides it's time to keep on importong

From your ranting, NNPCL is just sitting there and inflating prices as a middleman. Before that, they pretended they were subsidizing it for Nigerians out of pity but suddenly tthey are inflating it for Nigerians. It only confirns what average Nigerian already knows. That NNPCL is the Cabal and a Cabal member os now in Aso Rock.

CodeTemplarr:
From your ranting, NNPCL is just sitting there and inflating prices as a middleman. Before that, they pretended they were subsidizing it for Nigerians out of pity but suddenly tthey are inflating it for Nigerians. It only confirns what average Nigerian already knows. That NNPCL is the Cabal and a Cabal member os now in Aso Rock.

This shows you don't know what I am talking about at all.

The price will come down once the refinery starts sourcing crude locally.

ebukal67x:
The price will come down once the refinery starts sourcing crude locally.

Exactly 💯

Let the difference be huge and not those five or ten naira difference please

As I learned on Laura Ingraham's "Ingraham Angle", He who controls the energy, has the power. The entire PMS brouhaha is centred on power tussle between the Dangote group and the Tinubu crime family

adenigga:


Since the Dangote refinery commenced the release of refined petroleum products domestically, it had refused to announce the cost of the commodity despite several demands for the price.

However, a major marketer, who spoke to one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity due to lack of authorisation to speak on the matter, confirmed that the cost of petrol from the Dangote refinery was higher than that of imported PMS.

According to the official, the refinery currently sells to oil marketers making bulk purchase at N1,015/litre and small buyers at N1,028/litre.

The major marketer also disclosed that three cargoes carrying petroleum products recently arrived and had been discharged at seaports along the nation’s borders.

“Dangote is selling to bulk buyers at N1,015/litre, but to marketers who are not buying in bulk, the refinery is selling at N1,028/litre.

“But imported PMS is cheaper than the cost of Dangote’ own, and that is why he is doing all he can to ensure that the government stops the importation of fuel,” the dealer stated.

Commenting on the development, marketers under the aegis of the Petroleum Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria vowed that they would sell imported petrol below the price offered by the Dangote refinery.

Source: https://punchng.com/Marketers-plan-to-sell-petrol-below-N1,028/litre-Dangote-price

Good. No to monopoly. We fought for Dangote Refinery when the principalities were aligning against it. Now, we will fight it as it tries to become the principality.

Ok

It's a plan, there's always a plan until you get hit in the face.

We should starts getting crude oil by ourselves right in this country rather than sourcing abroad, anything bereft of that will keep the prices soaring

Sheistoopretty:
Nigerian Men are Us£less... All of them

Oh, dear. I don't know what you've gone through or are going through, but would you like to talk about it?

If this I true, then Dangote planning to sell at higher price a usual

IPMAN wants petrol on credit, Fake news


Where are all the Petroleum billionaires, Buhari dealt with them. No more business with goverment money

Plan to?

Jokers all of them

If the landing cost of imported fuel is N978, why should Dangote be selling his which is produced here in Nigeria above 1k?

Is there something I'm missing here?

Sheistoopretty:
Nigerian Men are Us£less... All of them

Your infection yaff reach your brain.

G

This is as a result of corruption and lack of leadership at the centre. TPain is not in control and he is not a leader.
I was fighting for Dangote before but I will never again. They are all selfish and after their pocket. NNPC, Dangote and the marketers are all playing us game.