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STATE OF THE MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM SECTOR NMDPRA Fact Sheet October 2025

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Refining Capacity 
& Status
Total Refining Capacity
Installed Capacity 
(Conventional & Modular)
Current utilization
Active Refineries
1,125,000 
61.58% 
4 nos - 467,000 bpsd 
Barrels per day (bpsd)
(Q1 - Q3 2025)
due to technical constraints1 
and crude supply limitations
Combined capacity (as of October
2025)
(Dangote, Aradel, Edo,
and Waltersmith)
Conventional Refineries & Capacities
Dangote Refinery
Port Harcourt Refinery (PHRC)
Warri Refinery (WRPC)
Kaduna Refinery (KRPC)
Waltersmith
Duport
Edo Refinery
OPAC
ARADEL
Modular Refinery & Capacities
650,000 bpsd
Old - 60,000 bpsd
New - 1500,000 bpsd
125,000 bpsd
110,000 bpsd
5,000 bpsd
2,500 bpsd
1,000 bpsd
10,000 bpsd
11,000 bpsd
1
Total LTEs
2
Total LTCs
Under active construction
Refinery Licences Issued
47 (Capacity : 1,752,000 bpsd) - 
from year 2000 to date)
31 (Capacity  at 1,228,000 bpsd total)
3 Refineries
Waltersmith - Train 2  (5,000)
47,000 bpsd Total Capacity
AIPCC -  (30,000)
Azikel (12,000)
 State of the Downstream Sector:    NMDPRA Fact Sheet  (October 2025)
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1 47 LTEs are inclusive of the 6 operational private refineries and 31 LTCs.
2 Total LTCs (facilities with LTE that successfully advanced to construction phase).