Dangote Refinery has not been able to fulfill the supply of 1.065 billion liters, according to NNPCL documents seen by the Nation.

The document indicates that the NNPCL has submitted a request for 1.065 billion liters of product to be supplied between September 15 and October 20.

However, the Dangote Refinery has only provided 317 million liters so far.

The document entitled "Summary of Volume Loading" indicates that in September, the plant delivered 103 million liters, which accounts for 26 percent of the total 1.065 billion liters.

It also provided 214 million liters, accounting for 32 percent of the anticipated total volume.

Controversy over the supply of petrol from Dangote Refinery to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) deepened yesterday.

In a new twist, a document from the state oil company showed that the refinery has been unable to meet the supply request.

According to the document, the NNPCL requested for 1.065 billion litres between September 15 and October 20.

Dangote Refinery has not been able to fulfill the supply of 1.065 billion liters, according to NNPCL documents seen by the Nation.

But the Dangote Refinery supplied 317 million litres.

The document titled: “Summary of Volume Loading” showed that in September, the plant supplied 103 million litres, being 26 per cent of the 1.065 billion litres.

It also supplied 214 million litres, being 32 per cent of the expected volume.

The refinery rolled out petrol from its plant on September 15 with NNPCL as the sole off-taker.

However, since the beginning of this month when the implementation of the crude sale in naira to local refinery policy initiated by the Federal Government took effect, other marketers have been cleared to make direct purchases from the 650,000 litres per day refinery.

At the rollout of petrol, the NNPCL said it bought the product at N898 per litre from the plant.