Dangote takes 52.6m barrels as DCSO performance hits 97.4% – NUPRC

In the second quarter of 2026, crude oil deliveries to Nigeria's domestic refineries surged by 88.4 percent, according to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). Local refineries received 53.7 million barrels of crude oil and condensate, compared to 28.5 million barrels delivered in the first quarter. This represents an increase of 25.2 million barrels, or 88.4 percent, over the 28.5 million barrels supplied in Q1.

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, which accounted for the majority of crude volumes offered by producers during the quarter, accepted 52.6 million barrels, representing a 78 percent acceptance rate of the crude volumes offered. The NUPRC reported that producers offered a total of 68.1 million barrels to Dangote, which constituted 98 percent of all crude volumes offered to local refineries during the quarter.

The significant improvement in domestic crude supply was attributed to increased oil production and the signing of long-term crude supply agreements between producers and domestic refiners. The NUPRC noted that the DCSO (Domestic Crude Supply Obligation) was being actively administered and enforced, with monthly meetings held to allocate specific volumes of crude oil to producers.

While the Q2 performance marked a dramatic improvement from the first three months of the year, the Q2 allocation level saw a slight decline, with 55.1 million barrels allocated, 6.8 million barrels (11 percent) lower than the 61.9 million barrels allocated in Q1.