The Nigerian National Petroleum company Limited(NNPCL) on Sunday commenced loading of petrol from the Dangote Refinery in Lagos.
At the start of the process, ten trucks drove into gantries while their compartments were filled with the product from a computerised gadget.
The trucks, belonging to the NNPCL, were seen in videos posted on the X handle of the Dangote Group.
The tweet read, “First set of trucks set for loading of PMS at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery.”
The refinery is equipped with 86 gantries making it possible to load 86 trucks simultaneously.
The development now serves as a boost for the NNPCL in the quest to make petroleum products available across the federation, while 40 gantries are dedicated for the discharge of petrol alone.
Vice President of Dangote Industries limited Devakumar V. G. Edwin said the refinery has the capacity to discharge 54 million litres of petrol per day thereby saving the country foreign exchange.
The number of trucks driving into the gantries keep increasing with the NNPCL projecting hundreds in the coming days.
