Dangote refinery’s UAE crude imports expose Nigeria’s supply crisis

Nigeria’s lingering domestic crude supply challenges have been laid bare following Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s importation of its first crude cargoes from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The development underscores the refinery’s growing reliance on foreign feedstock as persistent domestic supply shortages continue to undermine crude deliveries from Nigeria.
The UAE crude imports come barely days after Daily Sun exclusively reported that the 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery was receiving only five crude cargoes monthly instead of the 13 cargoes required under the naira-for-crude arrangement.
The shorfall exposes a 62 per cent supply shortfall that has forced the refinery to increas...