Dangote Petroleum Refinery has issued a agency clarification in response to current publications attributed to S&P Global, stating that the experiences misrepresent its operations and create a deceptive image of Nigeria’s refining panorama.
The firm categorically refutes claims, amplified by way of sure newspaper adverts on Monday, February 9, 2026, suggesting that it imports completed Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) into the nation.
According to Dangote Refinery, the misinformation was appropriately addressed throughout an S&P Global discussion board held right now within the United Kingdom. Following the clarification, the discussion board acknowledged the refinery’s pivotal function in reshaping the worldwide refining panorama.
In an official assertion, the administration confused that the refinery doesn’t import completed PMS (generally referred to as gasoline or gasoline) into Nigeria and that it is just pursuing different feedstocks to enhance its secondary-unit utilisation. It additional disclosed that it has recognized the people answerable for selling the deceptive narrative and can reveal their identities and motives on the acceptable time.
“This propaganda is being promoted by unpatriotic and unscrupulous individuals who cannot afford to see Nigeria stop imports—individuals who helped to milk the NNPC refineries through fraudulent financing transactions for refinery repairs, which ended up being squandered. These individuals will soon have their day in court,” the corporate stated.
Dangote Refinery described the claims as inaccurate and misleading. It defined that, as a service provider refinery working according to international finest practices, it imports solely feedstocks and mixing parts—not completed PMS. These supplies, together with excessive sulphur reformates, low-RON condensates, and excessive sulphur cracked gasoline, should bear additional processing earlier than they meet regulated market specs.
The refinery emphasised that it is a commonplace international follow, particularly amongst superior refining hubs in Europe and Asia, the place services routinely optimise their crude slates and mixing methods to boost operational flexibility and margins. Misrepresenting these intermediate streams as “fuel” or “gasoline,” the corporate warned, distorts public understanding and undermines confidence in Nigeria’s home refining progress.
For the avoidance of doubt, Dangote Petroleum Refinery reiterated that the one gasoline equipped to the Nigerian market is its Euro 5 compliant PMS, noting that each batch undergoes rigorous high quality checks to make sure Nigerians obtain gasoline that ranks among the many highest high quality out there globally.
Since commencing operations, the refinery has considerably improved the standard of fuels out there within the Nigerian market and ended the nation’s reliance on low-grade, high-sulphur gasoline traditionally imported into West Africa.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery known as on S&P Global and different business stakeholders to undertake greater ranges of technical accuracy, stability, and accountability of their reporting—given the appreciable affect such experiences have on shaping worldwide perceptions.
The firm reaffirmed its continued dedication to strengthening Nigeria’s vitality safety, environmental sustainability, and {economic} transformation by way of world class refining operations.
