Petroleum Workers Union PENGASSAN Directs Members To Cut Off Gas Supply To Dangote Refinery

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has directed its members to cut off gas supply to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery.

The directive, PENGASSAN said, followed the refinery’s management decision to disengage its members in response to their efforts to unionise.

In a memo signed by Comrade Lumumba Ighotemu Okugbawa, General Secretary of PENGASSAN, members were instructed to shut off crude oil supply valves to the refinery and halt loading operations for vessels headed there.

The directive also applies to gas supply, which is to be cut off effective immediately.

In the memo addressed to Branch Chairmen of “TotalEnergies E&P; Seplat Producing Nigeria Unlimited; Renaissance; Chevron, Oando, Shell Nigeria Gas, and NGIC, the group expressed disappointment over the refinery management’s actions, describing it as “illegitimate” and accusing them of spreading misinformation rather than engaging with the union to resolve issues.

The statement partly read: “We bring you fraternal greetings from the National Secretariat. As you are aware, the Management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has disengaged our members in reaction to the exercise of their constitutional right to being unionized.

“They have gone further on a mission of misinformation and propaganda to justify this illegitimacy rather than engaging meaningfully with us to right the wrong. Consequent to these, you hereby directed to cut off gas supply to NGIC effective immediately. All crude oil supply valves to the Refinery should be shut. The loading operation for vessel headed there should be halted immediately.

“NGIC Chairman, ensure that gas supply to the Refinery is cut off effective immediately.

“All chairmen on this summon are to report promptly the progress of the directive.”

The development highlights ongoing tensions between PENGASSAN and the Dangote Refinery management over unionisation efforts.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery suspended petrol sales in naira due to exhaustion of its crude-for-naira allocation.

The suspension, effective September 28, 2025, affects naira-based transactions, and customers are advised to request refunds – the company noted in an email notice sent to its customers on Friday evening.

This move has raised concerns about fuel pricing and foreign exchange pressure.

The refinery cited inadequate crude allocation under the crude-for-naira programme as the reason for the suspension.

“We are unable to sustain PMS sales in Naira going forward,” the company stated in the notice, signed by the Group Commercial Operations of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals.

The notice titled “Suspension of DPRP PMS Naira Sales – Effective 28th September 2025,” partly read: “We write to inform you that Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has been selling petroleum products in excess of our Naira-Crude allocations and, consequently, we are unable to sustain PMS sales in Naira going forward.

“Kindly note that this suspension of Naira sales for PMS will be effective from Sunday, 28th of September, 2025. We will provide further updates regarding the resumption of supply once the situation has been resolved.

“All customers with PMS transactions in Naira who would like a refund of their current payments should formally request the processing of their refund.”