Nigeria reduces number of gasoline licensees for Q3

By Julia Payne LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - Nigeria has reduced the number of companies licensed to import gasoline in the third quarter to 27 from 40 in the previous three months, lists corroborated by regional industry sources showed on Friday. The 27 companies were allocated gasoline import rights by Nigeria's downstream regulator Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Authority (PPPRA), the lists showed. These companies are expected to import around 1.7 million tonnes for third qu