The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has affirmed that premium motor spirit (PMS) supplied by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited meets the highest industry standards.
PETROAN’s spokesperson, Joseph Obele, made this known in response to claims suggesting that petrol supplied by MRS Oil lasts longer than that of NNPCL.
The assertion, which gained traction through a viral video, had been refuted by NNPC’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, who described it as misleading and baseless.
Obele stated that PETROAN conducted an independent analysis of NNPCL’s petroleum products and found the allegations to be misleading. He emphasized that Dangote Refinery’s PMS durability does not surpass that of NNPCL.
“As part of its oversight function in the Nigerian petroleum industry, PETROAN engaged independent standard laboratories to test and verify the quality of petroleum products before lifting them from any depot or refinery,” he said.
The association detailed its rigorous testing process, which includes flash point, density, viscosity, sulfur content, water content, and ash content analysis.
