Falling Exports and Unsold Cargoes Test Nigeria’s Oil Sector

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Nigeria's oil exports have fallen to their lowest level in a year due to pipeline explosion, but the country's only operational refinery, Dangote, is importing record amounts of Nigerian crude to meet domestic demand.

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Where Are Nigeria’s Oil Exports Going? Nigeria’s crude exports outside of the country have fallen to their lowest reading in a year, averaging 1.2 million b/d this month to date, adversely affected by an explosion at the Escravos-Lagos pipeline earlier in December. Luckily, the country’s only operational refinery – the 650,000 b/d Dangote plant – has been mopping up Nigerian grades, importing 1.7 million tonnes this month, the highest on record. Nigerian crude has been faced with extremely tepid buying demand lately…

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Original article published by OilPrice.com on December 24, 2025.
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