{"id":2991,"date":"2026-07-10T21:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zalebs.com\/news\/fuel-depot-owners-cut-petrol-prices-to-match-dangote-refinery-at-n1075\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:42:29","slug":"fuel-depot-owners-cut-petrol-prices-to-match-dangote-refinery-at-n1075","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zalebs.com\/news\/fuel-depot-owners-cut-petrol-prices-to-match-dangote-refinery-at-n1075\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel Depot Owners Cut Petrol Prices to Match Dangote Refinery at N1,075"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some owners of petroleum products depots have cut their ex-depot petrol prices to <strong>N1,075 per litre<\/strong>, matching the level being offered by Dangote Refinery. A check found that firms including <strong>Heyden<\/strong>, <strong>Pinnacle Ardova<\/strong>, and <strong>Sahara<\/strong> set their Friday ex-depot rate at N1,075 after having charged as much as <strong>N1,095<\/strong> per litre earlier.<\/p>\n<h3>Quick facts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ex-depot petrol prices were cut to <strong>N1,075 per litre<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Several depot owners\u2014named include <strong>Heyden<\/strong>, <strong>Pinnacle Ardova<\/strong>, and <strong>Sahara<\/strong>\u2014matched Dangote Refinery\u2019s rate.<\/li>\n<li>Some depots had been pricing at up to <strong>N1,095 per litre<\/strong> before the reduction.<\/li>\n<li>The move follows Dangote Refinery\u2019s announcement of <strong>free petrol delivery<\/strong> to five states and <strong>Abuja<\/strong> at <strong>N1,075<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Over the past four weeks, both Dangote Refinery and depot owners are reported to have lowered fuel prices by at least <strong>N120 per litre<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Crude oil prices rose on Wednesday, then cooled on Thursday, even as tensions in the Middle East escalated after a ceasefire collapse between the <strong>United States<\/strong> and <strong>Iran<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>New York Fed President <strong>John Williams<\/strong> said energy prices would stay lower despite renewed strikes in the Gulf region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The price alignment comes roughly <strong>two days<\/strong> after Dangote Refinery said it would provide <strong>free petrol delivery<\/strong> to <strong>five states<\/strong> and <strong>Abuja<\/strong> at <strong>N1,075<\/strong>. The competitive signal is clear: depot operators moving to the same ex-depot benchmark may be trying to prevent shoppers from switching to retail channels linked to Dangote\u2019s logistics offer.<\/p>\n<p>Market watchers also suggested Dangote Refinery could respond by trimming its \u201cgantry\u201d price to <strong>below N1,075<\/strong> if the depot sector holds firm at the current level. The goal would be to maintain a pricing edge and protect volumes as depot owners adjust their own pricing toward the same figure.<\/p>\n<p>In the broader trend, the report notes that over the last <strong>four weeks<\/strong>, Dangote Refinery and depot operators have both reduced fuel pricing by at least <strong>N120 per litre<\/strong>. Those declines have, in turn, contributed to reductions at petrol pumps, indicating that the latest cuts are part of a wider pass-through from wholesale pricing to retail.<\/p>\n<h3>Oil market backdrop<\/h3>\n<p>Crude oil prices had jumped on <strong>Wednesday<\/strong> before easing on <strong>Thursday<\/strong>. The change in sentiment occurred despite renewed escalation in the <strong>Middle East<\/strong>, following the collapse of a <strong>ceasefire deal<\/strong> between the <strong>United States<\/strong> and <strong>Iran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <strong>John Williams<\/strong>, President of the <strong>New York Federal Reserve Bank<\/strong>, said energy costs are likely to remain lower even after renewed airstrikes in the Gulf region. 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