Nigeria’s each day petrol consumption surged to 63.7 million litres per day (ml/d) in December 2025, far above official benchmarks, reflecting rising home demand and improved native provide.
That is in keeping with knowledge contained within the December 2025 Truth Sheet launched by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
The figures spotlight mounting stress on gas provide, at the same time as home refining—led by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery—data stronger output.
Nairametrics experiences that Nigeria’s each day petrol consumption stood at a mean of 52.9 million litres per day in November 2025.
What the info is saying
The NMDPRA knowledge reveals that petrol (PMS) consumption in December considerably exceeded the 2025 each day benchmark of 50ml/d, demonstrating sustained demand throughout the nation.
PMS provide from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery improved markedly throughout the month, rising from 19.47ml/d in November 2025 to a mean of 32.01ml/d in December 2025, regardless of an preliminary provide goal of 50ml/d.
In keeping with the regulator, the Dangote refinery achieved a most capability utilisation of 71% throughout the interval, reflecting robust operational efficiency.
“PMS Provide in December 2025 elevated attributable to vital enchancment in provide from DPRP,” the regulator said.
In distinction, Nigeria’s state-owned refineries—Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna—recorded zero petrol manufacturing in December, as all three services remained shut down or below rehabilitation.
On the Port Harcourt refinery, the regulator mentioned “No manufacturing actions because the refinery remained on shut down mode. Nonetheless, evacuation of prior AGO produced whereas the refinery was operational earlier than 24 Might 2025 averaged 0.247 million litres/day.”
Diesel provide and consumption developments diverged throughout the month. Home diesel (AGO) provide declined to 17.9ml/d in December from 20.4ml/d in November, whereas each day diesel consumption elevated to 16.4ml/d, up from 15.4ml/d within the earlier month.
Liquefied Petroleum Fuel (LPG) provide recorded modest development, rising to five.2 metric tonnes per day (mt/d) in December from 5.0mt/d in November, signalling elevated adoption of cleaner cooking gas.
On modular refinery efficiency, common capability utilisation stood at 63.24%, with common AGO provide of 0.051ml/d. The Edo Refinery recorded the best utilisation at 85.43%, supplying about 0.052ml/d of AGO, whereas ARADEL Refinery operated at 53.89%, with a mean AGO provide of 0.289ml/d.
General, whole AGO provide from the three modular refineries averaged 0.392ml/d, alongside manufacturing of naphtha, heavy hydrocarbon kerosene (HHK), gas oil, and marine diesel oil (MDO).
Why this matter
The December figures spotlight the widening hole between Nigeria’s official gas consumption benchmarks and precise demand.
For 2025, each day benchmarks had been set at 50ml/d for PMS, 14ml/d for diesel, 3ml/d for aviation gas (ATK), and three,900mt/d for cooking gasoline.
Nonetheless, precise each day truck-out figures for December exceeded these thresholds, with PMS at 63.7ml/d, diesel at 16.4ml/d, aviation gas at 2.7ml/d, and cooking gasoline at 4,380mt/d.
What it is best to know
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has change into Nigeria’s single most vital home supply of PMS, as government-owned refineries stay offline.
Nigeria continues to expertise rising vitality demand pushed by inhabitants development, financial exercise, and gas substitution dynamics.
Sustained enhancements in native refining output are crucial to easing provide stress, managing value volatility, and strengthening vitality safety within the downstream petroleum sector.
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