- Dangote Refinery tops with 52.6mb
A total of 53.7 million barrels of crude oil and condensate were supplied to local refiners between April and June, under the Domestic Crude Supply Obligation (DCSO). The figure translates to an overall performance of 97.4 per cent for the second quarter (Q2) of 2026.
The Domestic Crude Supply Obligation (DCSO) is a statutory requirement under Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) of 2021. It compels upstream oil producers to allocate a specific portion of their crude oil production to local, licensed refineries before they can export the rest. This policy aims to guarantee energy security, reduce heavy reliance on imported petroleum products and shield the domestic economy from foreign exchange volatility.
This was contained in the latest report released by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on the enforcement of the DCSO in accordance with the provisions of Section 109 of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). In line with the PIA, the framework operates on a “willing buyer, willing seller” basis, which shapes eventual outcomes.
In the period under review, on refinery supply basis, he report showed that the Dangote Refinery, which required 63 million barrels in Q2, was offered higher volumes of 68.1 million barrels by the producers. The 68.1 million barrels offered to the Dangote Refinery by producers, the report said, represents 98 per cent of all offered volumes. Dangote Refinery however accepted 52.6 million barrels, representing 78 per cent of the quantity offered her.
The remaining 1.1 million barrels of crude oil supplied were shared by Aradel, Waltersmith, Edo, and another refinery.
According to the report, in the month of April, following consultations with stakeholders, 18, 127, 638 barrels were allocated to producers. It noted that the producers exceeded expectation, offering19, 312, 476 barrels to refiners. Eventually, 20, 879, 381 barrels were supplied to local refiners, meaning the producers met 114.9 per cent of their allocation.
In May, the Commission, in enforcing its DCSO, allocated 18,778, 392 barrels of crude oil to the producers but the producers exceeding their expectation once again, offered 23,187,893 barrels to the local refiners. However, the producers’ actual supply to the refiners by the end of the month stood at 14, 228, 865 barrels representing 75.8 per cent compliance.
NUPRC, in June allocated 18, 172,638 barrels to the producers, while the producers offered 26, 835, 119 barrels to refiners which in turn took 18, 606, 026 barrels representing a 102.4 per cent performance.
In a statement signed by the NUPRC’s Head, Media and Corporate Communications, Eniola Akinkuotu, stated that the improvement in DCSO coincided with an increase in local oil production and the signing of the long term crude supply agreement supported by bankable Sales and Purchase agreement between the Producers and Domestic refiners.
The Commission reaffirms its commitment to achieving the government’s objective of energy sufficiency. Leveraging the framework of the PIA, 2021, the Commission aims to sustain recent gains in crude oil production while continuously enforcing the DCSO.
Akinkuotu in the statement said the statistics shows that DCSO is being actively administered and enforced by the NUPRC. It explained that on a monthly basis, the Commission meets with stakeholders including crude oil producers and local licensed refineries after which the producers are allocated a specific volume of their crude oil and condensate which should be offered to local licensed refineries.
