{"id":179152,"date":"2025-09-16T21:23:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerias-dangote-refinery-petrol-lands-in-us-for-first-time"},"modified":"2025-09-16T22:25:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:25:59","slug":"nigerias-dangote-refinery-petrol-lands-in-us-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/nigerias-dangote-refinery-petrol-lands-in-us-for-first-time","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s Dangote Refinery petrol lands in US for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria\u2019s Dangote Refinery\u2019s premium motor spirit, PMS, has arrived in New York, United States, for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, Sunoco and Vitol organised the shipment on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The delivery on the tanker, Gemini Pearl, marks a major milestone for the 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote refinery.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters reported that an additional shipment of Dangote petrol, which Glencore sold to Shell, is planned to reach New York on September 19.<\/p>\n<p>The deliveries represent an important achievement for the $20 billion Ibeju Lekki-based refinery.<\/p>\n<p>Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Refinery, at an event on Monday, said the refinery exported 1.1 billion litres of petrol in three months.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that his refinery has come to make Nigeria a net exporter of fuel and has erased the era of petrol queues in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been battling fuel queues since 1975, but today Nigerians are witnessing a new era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nigeria\u2019s Dangote Refinery\u2019s premium motor spirit, PMS, has arrived in New York, United States, for the first time. According to Reuters, Sunoco and Vitol organised the shipment on Monday. The delivery on the tanker, Gemini Pearl, marks a major milestone for the 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote refinery. 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