In what appears to be a major shift from previous clams, the Group Chief Strategy Officer, Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals Company, Aliyu Suleiman, on Wednesday stated that 60 per cent of the crude supplied to the refinery was from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.
He spoke at an interactive session of the Senate Ad-hoc committee on alleged sabotage in the Nigerian petroleum industry.
Umar said this when he spoke with newsmen in Kano, the Kano State capital
He said NNPCL supplies only 33 per cent of crude to the refinery, disclosing that it had to look elsewhere to source the remaining 67 per cent to meet its production capacity.
He added that the refinery, which has the capacity of refining 650,000 per day, could not depend on short supply from Nigeria’s national oil company.
But during his presentation, Suleiman stated that out of the five million barrels of crude oil they got in recent times, NNPCL gave them 60 per cent, 20 per cent imported, and 20 purchased.
He expressed gratitude for the strong partnership between Dangote Refinery and NNPCL, adding that this made the huge supply to Dangote possible.
He described the refinery as a baby that should be supported by all relevant stakeholders in order for it to grow and not die.
-Eagleonline
