The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced an increased trading surplus of ₦5.20billion for August, 2019, reflecting an increase of 22 per cent when compared with the ₦4.26billion-surplus posted in July 2019, a release by NNPC Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Samson Makoji, has said.
The new figures are contained in the recently released August 2019 edition of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) of the National Oil Company.
The report attributed the appreciable increase of 22 per cent within the period under review to, largely, the improved surplus posted by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC).
It explained that the percentage increase in performance of the company evened out with the decline in the performance of Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) vis-à-vis July, 2019 figures, even as it added that the increased surplus posted by Duke Oil and the reduced deficit by the Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company (NPSC) equally bolstered the figures for the month, according to the report.
Stating a summary of NNPC’s Group Operating Revenue and Expenditure for August 2019, the August report indicated that it increased by 7.58 per cent at ₦540.60billion, reflecting an increase of ₦38.10billion compared with the previous month’s performance.
It further stated that the expenditure for the month followed a similar trend with increase of 7.46 per cent or ₦37.16billion, to reach ₦535.40billion during the year under review, declaring that the proportion of expenditure to revenue is almost at par for the current month as well as in July 2019.
In the Downstream Sector of the corporation’s operations, the 49thedition of the NNPC MFOR stated that ₦233.42billion was made on the sale of white products by the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), the Downstream subsidiary of the National Oil Company, in August 2019, compared to ₦214.70billion sales in July, 2019.
Total revenues generated from the sales of white products for the period August 2018 to August 2019 stood at ₦2,687.29billion, with PMS contributing about 95.19 per cent of the total sales valued at ₦2,558.13billion.
Volume wise, 1.917billion litres of white products were sold and distributed by PPMC in the month under review, compared with 1.744billion litres in July 2019.
This comprised 1.92billion litres of PMS and 0.00030billion litres of Automotive Gas Oil, otherwise called diesel. Total sale of white products for the period: August 2018 to August 2019 stood at 21.49billion litres, with PMS accounting for 20.82billion litres or 96.9 per cent.
In the Gas Sector, out of the 1,174.97Million Standard Cubic Feet of (mmscfd) of gas supplied to the domestic market in August 2019, about 666.15mmscfd of gas representing 56.69 per cent was supplied to Gas-Fired power plants while the balance of 508.82mmscfd or 43.31 per cent was supplied to other industries.
Similarly, for the period: August 2018 to August 2019, an average of 1,211.08mmscfd of gas was supplied to the domestic market, comprising an average of 723.77mmscfd or 59.76 per cent as gas supply to power and 482.32mmscfd or 40.24 per cent as gas supply to industries.
In a related development, Mele Kyari, has called on members of the Board of Director of the Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical Company Limited to resolve issues of gas supply, technical capability and funding confronting the company and come up with viable bankable options that could help drive the project to fruition.
Kyari made the call Friday while inaugurating the Board of the company at the NNPC Towers in Abuja.
He said the Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical project, when completed, would lead to sustainable prosperity for Nigeria.
“I know that this project is important to all of us. Monetizing gas for us is everything because this is a gas country. There is huge potential in gas development and our focus is to add value to gas locally. That means deepening the utilization of gas in-country. Our interest is always on things that will add value to our local market and local economy”, he said.
The GMD pointed out that the project had potential to boost the nation’s economic growth due to its methanol and fertilizer components which he said could facilitate growth in the agricultural sector.
In his acceptance speech, the Chairman of the Board and NNPC Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, Engr. Yusuf Usman, said that the project was important for both the corporation and the country.
He assured that the Board will deliver on its mandate with the cooperation of all stakeholders.
NNPC Records Trading Surplus of ₦5.20billion in August
