Nigeria has exported a total of 399,428.9 metric tonnes (mt) of refined petroleum products from the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), yesterday, said it has suspended the sale of the Port-Harcourt Refinery. According to internal documents reviewed by The Guardian, the products were exported through different cargoes and a mix of indigenous and international traders between December 2024 and July 2025. The bulk of the exports, comprising 271,868.2 metric tonnes of Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO), were shipped out from PHRC between December 2024 and July 2025. The exports spanned 13 separate consignments, with the largest single shipment recorded on May 2, 2025, amounting to over 30 million metric tonnes. In addition, 107,296.2 metric tonnes of Naphtha were exported from the PHRC across five shipments. Four of these shipments were completed between March and June 2025, while the fifth, a 30,000-tonne consignment, was, according to the documents, yet to be assigned a bill of lading date, indicating it may still be pending dispatch.

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