The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has approved 20 petroleum marketers under a new consortium arrangement for the purchase of Premium Motor Spirit, according to a communication circulated to marketers on October 8, 2026.
The arrangement comes two days after the refinery announced that it would stop supplying petrol to major marketers it identifies as fuel importers.
The refinery said on October 6 that some marketers were blending its Euro 5 petrol with imported products, a practice it said raised concerns over product quality and its distribution structure.
Under the new arrangement, PMS purchases from the refinery will be channelled through the approved consortium marketers.
The 20 approved marketers are Heyden, Integrated, Techno, Fatgbems, NIPCO Plc/11 Plc, A.A Rano, Conoil, AYM Shafa, Northwest Petroleum & Gas, Ardova Plc, NNPC Retail, Masters Energy, Nepal Energies, Sobaz, Optima Energy, Bovas, Soroman, MRS, TotalEnergies, and Rainoil/Eterna.
However, the 20 marketers do not represent the full consortium. More marketers are expected to be released in the coming days, as the consortium comprises more than 20 petroleum marketers.
The approval gives the selected marketers a defined role in the distribution of Dangote-produced petrol as the refinery restructures its sales process and seeks to prevent its products from being mixed with imported fuel.
The development comes amid an ongoing dispute over the role of imported petrol in Nigeria’s downstream market, including access to import licences and competition between domestic refiners and import-dependent marketers.
Punch reported on October 6 that some marketers had challenged the refinery’s restriction, while the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) accused Dangote Refinery of being selective in the marketers it supplies.
The new consortium arrangement therefore represents a further shift in how Dangote Refinery intends to channel its petrol into the domestic market, with purchases now structured around approved consortium members.