Mele Kyari, NNPC’s group chief executive officer (GCEO), NNPC, spoke on Thursday at the Nigeria oil and gas opportunity fair.

The event was held at the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) conference centre in Bayelsa state.

The Dangote Refinery, a 650,000 barrels per day integrated refinery project, is scheduled to be inaugurated on May 22, 2023.

“The NNPC saw the strategic interest of doing business, and we will be supplying 300,000 barrels of Nigerian crude to Dangote Refinery from NNPC. That is a marketing opportunity,” Kyari said.

With 300/650, which is a bit close to 50% of daily capacity, Dangote refinery will need to source for more crude oil in nearby countries.