The Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki, Lagos State, has denied shutting down its petrol processing unit for maintenance.
A senior spokesperson at the company told The PUNCH on Sunday that “loading of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) is ongoing as we speak.”
A report by Bloomberg had said the fuel unit was undergoing repairs and had to be shut down pending the completion of the exercise.
It said the gasoline-making unit at the Dangote refinery was being repaired
“A large fuel-production unit at Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery is undergoing maintenance,” Bloomberg reports, quoting a person familiar with the matter.
It was stated that the residue fluid catalytic cracker was under maintenance.
Reacting in an interview with our correspondent, the refinery denied the claims, saying it was not true.
“It is not true. Don’t believe everything you see online. People can go to the refinery to check.
“The report is a lie. We are loading fuel every day. Millions of litres are being loaded on a daily basis. Go to the refinery there and see whether they are loading or not, and see how many trucks are leaving. We load millions of litres every day,” the spokesperson said.
The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote refinery has been dropping fuel prices, creating a price war in the downstream arm of the oil and gas sector.
