{"id":8028,"date":"2024-06-24T22:11:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T22:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=8028"},"modified":"2024-06-24T22:13:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T22:13:17","slug":"no-marketer-or-depot-owner-imports-dirty-fuels-as-claimed-by-dangote-refinery-nmdpra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/no-marketer-or-depot-owner-imports-dirty-fuels-as-claimed-by-dangote-refinery-nmdpra\/","title":{"rendered":"NO MARKETER OR DEPOT OWNER IMPORTS DIRTY FUELS AS CLAIMED BY DANGOTE REFINERY \u2014 DAPPMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over this <\/span><\/span>last weekend, the news broke<\/span><\/span> on the lamentations of the <\/span><\/span>Management of<\/span><\/span> Dangote Industries <\/span><\/span>Limited<\/span><\/span> wherein <\/span><\/span>they were <\/span><\/span>quoted as<\/span><\/span> having stated that the <\/span><\/span>Nigerian Mid<\/span><\/span>stream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA)<\/span><\/span> has been granting <\/span><\/span>licenses indiscriminately to marketers to import <\/span><\/span>what <\/span><\/span>t<\/span><\/span>he<\/span><\/span>y<\/span><\/span> described as \u2018dirty refined products\u2019 into the country<\/span><\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (<\/span><\/span>DAPPMAN<\/span><\/span>))<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> wishes to state <\/span><\/span>emphatically that <\/span><\/span>no member of the association and indeed, no private<\/span><\/span> fuels <\/span><\/span>depot has imported <\/span><\/span>into the country any fuel <\/span><\/span>with <\/span><\/span>specification that is outside of <\/span><\/span>the regulat<\/span><\/span>ion<\/span><\/span> other than <\/span><\/span>what is <\/span><\/span>currently approved <\/span><\/span>by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) <\/span><\/span>and would wish to state that the information <\/span><\/span>from <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>Dangote <\/span><\/span>Refinery Management <\/span><\/span>is <\/span><\/span>laced with<\/span><\/span> inaccuracies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DAPPMAN noted that <\/span><\/span>the downstream regulatory <\/span><\/span>authority<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>(NMDPRA), <\/span><\/span>in <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>very recent past had initially objected to <\/span><\/span>offtakes<\/span><\/span> by our daughter vessels <\/span><\/span>from <\/span><\/span>import <\/span><\/span>mother vessels, <\/span><\/span>via Ship-to-ship operations<\/span><\/span> which usually take place <\/span><\/span>offshore<\/span><\/span> Lome<\/span><\/span>, a move <\/span><\/span>which was vehemently protested and <\/span><\/span>resisted by downstream operators<\/span><\/span> and has been rescinded<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DAPPMAN recalls that between February and May 2024, the NMDPRA had allowed <\/span><\/span>AGO imports with maximum <\/span><\/span>sulphur<\/span><\/span>content of 200\/ppm<\/span><\/span> however<\/span><\/span> t<\/span><\/span>his was followed by another move, by the <\/span><\/span>regulator<\/span><\/span>, to <\/span><\/span>fast forward the <\/span><\/span>country target<\/span><\/span> date of the implementation of the <\/span><\/span>50\/ppm <\/span><\/span>sulphur<\/span><\/span> limitation o<\/span><\/span>n<\/span><\/span> PMS and AGO<\/span><\/span> imports,<\/span><\/span> from 31<\/span><\/span>st<\/span><\/span> De<\/span><\/span>ce<\/span><\/span>mber 2024 to <\/span><\/span>1<\/span><\/span>st<\/span><\/span> June 2024, thereby <\/span><\/span>limiting all marketers and depots<\/span><\/span>\u2019 AGO<\/span><\/span> source to Dangote Refinery even though the latter was yet to install its <\/span><\/span>desulphurization <\/span><\/span>equipment <\/span><\/span>as <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>sulphur<\/span><\/span> in <\/span><\/span>its blends of AGO <\/span><\/span>presently exceed 50\/ppm.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This<\/span><\/span> again was <\/span><\/span>resisted <\/span><\/span>by DAPPMAN in its letter <\/span><\/span>to the NMDPRA which was <\/span><\/span>dated <\/span><\/span>10<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span> June<\/span><\/span> 2024<\/span><\/span> to warn and alert the <\/span><\/span>regulator not to \u2018inadvertently promote and introduce<\/span><\/span> a monopoly into the sector.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With stiff resistance at every attempt at introducing a <\/span><\/span>Dangote Refinery <\/span><\/span>monopoly into the <\/span><\/span>downstream<\/span><\/span>, and the fact that<\/span><\/span> the latter<\/span><\/span>, despite <\/span><\/span>its most recent <\/span><\/span>produc<\/span><\/span>tion of <\/span><\/span>AGO with<\/span><\/span> sulphur<\/span><\/span>contents <\/span><\/span>reported at 1200<\/span><\/span>\/ppm, it is baffling to us <\/span><\/span>that the <\/span><\/span>Management <\/span><\/span>of Dangote <\/span><\/span>Industries (including the Dangote <\/span><\/span>Refinery<\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/span>, who <\/span><\/span>are<\/span><\/span> very <\/span><\/span>much<\/span><\/span> aware of these facts, could claim that the NMDPRA <\/span><\/span>has been granting licenses indiscriminately to marketers to import \u2018dirty refined products\u2019 into the country<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>Their<\/span><\/span> current<\/span><\/span> blend<\/span><\/span> of AGO<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>with <\/span><\/span>reported <\/span><\/span>sulphur<\/span><\/span> contents <\/span><\/span>of 1200\/ppm is <\/span><\/span>technically classified as \u2018dirty fuel\u2019<\/span><\/span> and grossly <\/span><\/span>in excess of <\/span><\/span>the 200<\/span><\/span>\/ppm <\/span><\/span>imported by<\/span><\/span> any marketer or depot owner.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dangote <\/span><\/span>Refinery as a business entity is free to adopt any model that suits it<\/span><\/span>s management<\/span><\/span> however its current practice of <\/span><\/span>cheaper <\/span><\/span>bulk <\/span><\/span>sales prices to <\/span><\/span>international buyers<\/span><\/span> at <\/span><\/span>the detriment of <\/span><\/span>Nigerian <\/span><\/span>buyers <\/span><\/span>call<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span> to question their <\/span><\/span>patriotism to <\/span><\/span>the country. Several <\/span><\/span>Nigerian<\/span><\/span> marketers had in recent past been offered <\/span><\/span>Dangote Refinery cargoes by international trading firms at rates that are very much lower tha<\/span><\/span>n<\/span><\/span> what they were directly offered by Dangote <\/span><\/span>Refinery,<\/span><\/span> and this <\/span><\/span>will not be in the interest of the N<\/span><\/span>igeri<\/span><\/span>an<\/span><\/span> fuel end-user<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There is no doubt that the success of Dangote Refinery <\/span><\/span>will be a thing of pride to the <\/span><\/span>nation,<\/span><\/span> but <\/span><\/span>all downstream<\/span><\/span> operators<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>their <\/span><\/span>ac<\/span><\/span>tivities must be in tandem with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 which abhors <\/span><\/span>\u2018monopoly\u2019<\/span><\/span> of any sort.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DAPPMAN will continue to work with all stakeholders<\/span><\/span>, including Dangote Refinery<\/span><\/span> willingly<\/span><\/span> to provide safe, healthy fuels to all <\/span><\/span>Nigerians competitively giving them great and affordable <\/span><\/span>fueling<\/span><\/span> options<\/span><\/span> for their daily activities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Signed: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Management <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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