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Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery’s premium motor spirit, PMS, has arrived in New York, United States, for the first time.
According to Reuters, Sunoco and Vitol organised the shipment on Monday.
The delivery on the tanker, Gemini Pearl, marks a major milestone for the 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote refinery.
Reuters reported that an additional shipment of Dangote petrol, which Glencore sold to Shell, is planned to reach New York on September 19.
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The deliveries represent an important achievement for the $20 billion Ibeju Lekki-based refinery.
Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Refinery, at an event on Monday, said the refinery exported 1.1 billion litres of petrol in three months.
He explained that his refinery has come to make Nigeria a net exporter of fuel and has erased the era of petrol queues in Nigeria.
“We have been battling fuel queues since 1975, but today Nigerians are witnessing a new era.”
In other news, The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has dismissed reports suggesting a possible two to three-month shutdown of its petrol unit. Group spokesman Anthony Chiejina labelled the claims as “fake,” stressing the refinery remains fully operational. The clarification comes amid widespread public concern over fuel supply stability and Nigeria’s energy security.
The management of the $20 billion Dangote refinery has dismissed claims that a key petrol-making unit was down for months, describing reports of an extended shutdown as speculative and misleading.
Industry monitor IIR Energy had suggested that the refinery’s Residue Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit (RFCCU) — vital to petrol output — had been offline since late August due to catalyst leaks and might remain so for two to three months. Reuters amplified that report, citing September 20 as a tentative restart date but warning that heavy repairs could drag on.
Dangote’s spokesperson, Anthony Chiejina, rebuffed the claims, questioning why “could” was used if the report were certain. “Fake news,” he told our correspondent, adding that the facility had not suffered the kind of technical halt being circulated.
