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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators PROCEDURE GUIDE FOR THE GRANT OF APPROVAL FOR THIRD PARTY BLENDING AND LUBRICANTS FILLING PLANT Code: DPR Guide 0017 - 2020

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
PROCEDURE GUIDE FOR THE GRANT OF APPROVAL FOR THIRD PARTY 
BLENDING AND LUBRICANTS FILLING PLANT 
Code: DPR Guide 0017 - 2020
 
Revision Date: 2nd October 2020 
 
 
 
This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved  
 
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vii. 
Provide the Product Trade Name(s) and Registration under which they intend to 
market their product (with the Ministry of Trade and Investment) 
viii. 
Ensure that all bulk lubricant blend samples are accompanied by a product quality 
and quantity Certificate which must be endorsed by DPR before discharge at the 
filling plant. 
The Department shall grant a license/approval to operate the filling plant upon satisfactory 
appraisal of the submissions. The validity of the license/approval to operate the filling plant 
shall be for a period of twelve (12) months. 
 
3. QUARTERLY RECONCILIATION 
At the end of every quarter, there shall be quarterly reconciliation, with the Department, 
of base oil receipt and lubricant produced from a plant.  For this reason, every plant 
operator will be required to submit reports of plant activities detailing information on: 
i. Base oil receipt into the plant, indicating source, grades, quantity 
ii. Lubricants production indicating the grades, the quantities and distribution 
At the end of every successful reconciliation the Director will issue a clearance letter 
which will form one of the basis for future base oil import permit issued by the 
Department. 
Every unreconciled base oil will be considered as base oil diversion and shall attract a fine 
of three million naira only (N3,000,000.00). Additionally, the operator will be denied 
future base oil import permit and third-party blending approval.