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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES FOR THE OPERATIONS OF PETROLEUM REFINING FACILITIES Code: DPR GUIDE 0044 - 2021 Review Date: 3rd February 2021

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
GUIDELINES FOR THE OPERATIONS OF PETROLEUM REFINING FACILITIES 
Code: DPR GUIDE 0044 - 2021 
 
Review Date: 3rd February 2021 
 
 
 
This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved  
 
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6.4 
VESSEL CLEARANCE 
Clearance of vessels for discharge/loading shall be duly implemented upon the importer 
notifying the Department at least 3 days prior to the arrival of the vessel at a refinery and 
providing the necessary documents in accordance with the provisions of “Guidelines and 
Procedure for Obtaining Coastal Vessel License and Coastal Vessel Clearance in the Nigerian 
Oil and Gas Industry” available on DPR website. 
Note: No Vessel shall discharge/load until Laboratory Re-certification of Petroleum 
/Product is conducted. 
A Certificate of Quantity will be issued by the DPR representative that witnessed the 
discharge based on the shore tank receipts from the vessel after confirmation of 
payment of Product quantity clearance fee.  
6.5 
PRODUCTS OFF-TAKERS PERMIT REQUIREMENTS  
A prospective refined product off-taker shall apply to the Director/ CEO for product off-
take permit and provide the following information: 
i. 
Certificate of Incorporation.  
ii. 
Memorandum and Article of Association of the haulage company.  
iii. 
A copy of valid tax clearance certificate.  
iv. 
Offtake agreement with refinery.  
v. 
Evidence of DPR license to store and/ sell product.  
vi. 
Evidence of payment of processing fee for offtake permit N250, 000 for 1 - 250,000 
litres and N1 per litre for quantities above 250,000 litres. 
Company shall be required to make a detailed presentation on product utilization plan.   
The Director/CEO may grant the Product Off-take Permit based on satisfactory review of 
company’s submissions and presentation.