Petrol to now sell at N168-170 per litre as NNPC raises petrol depot price

The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has increased the ex-depot price of petrol from N147.67 per litre to N155.17 per litre. This means petrol will now start selling at N168 to N170.

The PPMC disclosed this in an internal memo with reference number PPMC/C/MK/003, dated November 11, 2020, and signed by Tijjani Ali. The memo said the new ex-depot price would take effect from Friday.

In its PMS price proposal for November, the PPMC put the landing cost of petrol at N128.89 per litre, up from N119.77 per litre in September/October. It said the estimated minimum pump price of the product would increase to N161.36 per litre from N153.86 per litre.

The N7 increase in ex-depot price would translate into an increase in pump prices with retail prices expected to reach N170 per litre.

Following the deregulation of petrol prices in September, marketers across the country had adjusted their pump prices to between N158 and N162 per litre to reflect the increase in global oil prices.