This is despite the directive by the Federal Executive Council to the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachukwu, to end the scarcity by weekend.
Although the long queues of motorists have reduced considerably in Abuja and other neighboring states, the fuel situation is yet to normalize as at yesterday, Daily Trust can report.
This is despite the directive by the Federal Executive Council to the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachukwu, to end the scarcity by weekend.
Yesterday, our reporter observed that there were still lines of vehicles waiting to buy the Premium Motor Spirit in and around the Federal Capital Territory even as hawkers traded it freely in jerrycans.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) assured Monday that supply of the product was increasing and that the situation would normalize during the week.
Meanwhile, Brent crude oil prices jumped above $65 per barrel after the shutdown of the Forties North Sea pipeline knocked out significant supplies from a market that was already tightening due to OPEC-led production cuts.
Brent crude futures on Tuesday, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $65.07 dollars a barrel.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at 58.21 dollars a barrel.
Britain’s Forties oil pipeline, the country’s largest at a capacity of 450,000 barrels per day (bpd), shut down on Monday after cracks were revealed.
