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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS INTO NIGERIA Code: DPR Guide 0001 - 2020

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS INTO 
NIGERIA 
Code: DPR Guide 0001 - 2020 
 
Revision Date: 1st August 2020 
 
 
 
This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved  
 
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f. Detail cargo information, such as direct shipment, ship-to-ship, name of 
mother vessel, certificate of quality, last port of call etc. 
g. A copy of the “Certificate of Quantity” and “Certificate of Quality” of 
previous imported and delivered products duly authenticated by DPR (to be 
made available (for renewal of import permit)). 
h. Evidence of utilization of the quantity of products for which import permit 
was previously granted. 
5. VESSEL ARRIVAL NOTIFICATION 
Clearance of vessels for discharge at receiving facilities shall be duly implemented upon 
the importer notifying the Department at least 7 days prior to the arrival of the vessel at a 
Nigerian Port and providing the following documents at the designated online portal: 
i. 
There is an evidence of import permit for the product. 
ii. 
The imported product has been fiscalised in the presence of a DPR official. 
iii. 
A re-certification analysis of the product composite sample is conducted in the 
presence of a DPR official and the result certified on- spec. 
A Vessel shall therefore not Discharge until the Laboratory Re-certification of a 
Product is conducted. 
iv. 
Documents received from the vessel are not in conflict with those earlier uploaded 
by importer of the product 
A Certificate of Quantity will be issued by the DPR representative that witnessed the 
discharge based on the shore tank receipts from the vessel.