NIGERIA’S domestic refineries have fully replaced imported Aviation Turbine Kerosene (Jet A-1), with local producers supplying the entire aviation fuel market for the past 13 months.
Between June 2025 and June 2026, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority reported no imports of aviation fuel by Oil Marketing Companies, indicating that domestic refineries were the sole suppliers during this time.
The development signifies a major change in Nigeria’s aviation fuel market, which has long depended on imported Jet A-1 due to insufficient domestic refining capacity.
The data indicated that domestic refinery receipts varied considerably, increasing from 1.3 million litres per day in June 2025 to 1.5 million litres in July, and then sharply rising to 3.5 million litres in August.
Supplies were moderated to 1.6 million litres per day in September and 2.7 million litres in October, with no receipts in November. Output surged to 14 million litres per day in December, the highest level of the period.
In January 2026, domestic refinery receipts were 6.0 million litres per day, declining to 1.6 million in February. They recovered to 2.1 million in March, increased to 3.0 million in April, rose to 4.3 million in May, and then fell to 2.5 million in June.
Average ATK receipts decreased from 3.6 million litres per day in May to 2.5 million litres per day in June, indicating a decline of about 31 percent month-on-month.
An analysis of NMDPRA data revealed that ATK receipts rose from 1.3 million litres per day in June 2025 to 1.5 million in July, an increase of 15.4%. August saw a significant surge to 3.5 million litres per day, a rise of 133.3% from July. This was followed by a decline to 1.6 million litres per day in September, a drop of 54.3%, before recovering to 2.7 million litres per day in October, up 68.8%.
No domestic refinery receipts were recorded in November 2025, marking a complete decline from October. December saw a strong rebound with receipts climbing to 14.0 million litres per day.
However, January experienced a sharp decline to 6.0 million litres per day, then further dropped to 1.6 million litres per day in February.
A modest recovery occurred in March (2.1 million litres), April (3.0 million litres), and May (4.3 million litres), before reversing again in June to 2.5 million litres.