NNPC Claims Nigeria Has Fuel That Will Last 24 Days

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday December 23, released a report on the quantity of fuel in its depot.

 National PMS Evacuation report stated that Nigeria currently has about 977.31 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit(petrol) in its land and marine depots.

According to Premium Times, the report was released on Wednesday in Abuja.

NNPC is confident that the quantity of PMS in the reserve would last the country for 24 days.

In the report, NNPC stated that 914 truckloads of fuel had been dispatched to petrol stations across the country while 1,939 trucks, conveying 64.04 million litres of the products had been evacuated from its coastal depots to inland depots in the country.

The report also revealed that the country had 321.23 million litres of PMS in its land reserves and 656.08 million litres in its marine reserves.

Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency report also stated that 13 vessels were currently discharging or awaiting clearance to discharge a combined quantity of 314.454 million litres of PMS.

According to the report, five of the vessels were conveying products belonging to the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company while two of the vessels were discharging product belonging to the NNPC.