Through its Downstream Department, takes care of the storage and delivery of petroleum products in the southern zone (all of Mauritania with the exception of the regions of Nouadhibou and Zouerate). For this purpose, it has two depots: a main depot located in the port area of Nouakchott and a secondary depot annexed to the first located at Oum Tounsi airport.
The Port depot has a total capacity of 60,000 m3, all products combined.
As for the Airport depot (jet-A1, only), it is made up of a main unit (2 bins of 500 m3 each) and a mobile unit (2 bins of 38 m3 each). Through these two depots, the national market is supplied annually with 600,000 m3 of petroleum products.