By Onu Okorie
The National headquarters of Petroleum Products Retail outlets owners Association of Nigeria PETROAN Abuja praises the management NNPCL,NMDPRA under the leadership of Engr. Farouk Ahmed, the Group Chief Executive officer of NNPCL Engr. Mele Kyari, the President of Dangote Refinery Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Leadership of MEMAN and DAPPMAN, PETROAN as well as IPMAN for reaching a resolution for Oil Marketing Companies To Buy All Dangote Refinery Products.
This was disclosed by the National PRO, of PETROAN, Dr Joseph Obele.in a statement made available during the weekend in Abuja.
The resolution includes Dangote Refinery guaranteeing to sell an average of 28,000,000 litres of PMS daily for the next six months to oil marketers for domestic consumption in the Nigerian market.
The National President of PETROAN while addressing news men at PETROAN’s headquarters Abuja expressed optimism that the resolutions will bring succour to the downstream sector and improve the Nigerian economy.
According PETROAN’s national president, the new deal is part of a resolution reached by stakeholders on the absorption of domestic petroleum product production by Nigerian Oil Marketing Companies including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd.
Dr Billy Gillis Harry added that the resolution will attract so much benefits which includes stability of Petroleum products, control of price fluctuations, Maintaining transparent communication, Addressing conflicts proactively and Fostering collaboration among key stakeholders players.
On his part, the National PRO of PETROAN Dr Joseph Obele said those that signed the resolution includes NMDPRA, NNPCL, Edo Refinery, Dangote Refinery, Waltersmith Refinery, Aradel Refinery, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria and Petroleum Regulatory and Petroleum Products Retail Outlets owners Association of Nigeria.
The document as showed to the press by the National PRO of PETROAN indicates the availability of Aviation Turbine Kerosene and diesel from all domestic refineries would be provided to the NMDPRA for the same period of six months and must be subject to consideration for import as may be required
Dr Obele noted that the NMDPRA must establish the basis for allocating import volumes to oil marketing companies on the assumptions of the aggregate of domestic refinery capacity with understanding to cover shortfalls for respective marketers.
Dr Obele said the resolution, the domestic refineries would provide fixed quantities and delivery windows, which must be a period of two months preceding the month of delivery to the customer and NMDPRA.
He added that individual oil marketing companies are to enter direct commercial agreements with domestic refineries on a willing buyer, willing seller basis.