Nigeria
currently has about 977.31 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit(petrol) in
its land and marine depots, the National PMS Evacuation Report has stated.
The
report, which was released on Wednesday in Abuja, noted that the reserve would
be enough to last the country for 24 days.
The
NNPC, in the report, stated that 914 truckloads of fuel had been dispatched to
petrol stations across the country.
It
added that 1,939 trucks, conveying 64.04 million litres of the products, had
been evacuated from its coastal depots to inland depots in the country.
Giving
a breakdown of its PMS sufficiency, the NNPC report stated that the country had
321.23 million litres of PMS in its land reserves and 656.08 million litres in
its marine reserves.
Quoting
data received from the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, the
report further stated that 13 vessels were currently discharging or awaiting
clearance to discharge a combined quantity of 314.454 million litres of PMS.
It
added that Total, Techno Oil, Folawiyo, Matrix Energy and Rain Oil, each had
one vessel.
- NAN
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