NNPC stopped kerosene importation since May 2016 under DS-DP regime

According to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s latest financial and operations report, it has stopped the importation of Dual Purpose Kerosene into the country for three months running,The Punch reports.

Kerosene QUEUE

According to the August 2016 edition of the report, the last time that the corporation imported kerosene into Nigeria under the Direct-Sale Direct-Purchase/Offshore Processing Agreement was in May. An analysis of the report showed that in the months of June, July and August this year, the NNPC did not get a single litre of DPK under the DSDP/OPA.

For June, July and August, the NNPC was supplied 1.18 billion, 798.33 million and 901.35 million litres of PMS, respectively, but it got no single drop of DPK during these months via the DSDP/OPA scheme. The report, however, did not state if the NNPC was importing kerosene through other channels and officials of the firm could not confirm this on Wednesday.


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