Orient Petroleum Resources

Orient Petroleum Resources Limited (OPRL) is a private company, incorporated in July, 2001, under the laws of Nigeria. The shareholders of OPRL are Nigerians, from all walks of life, states of origin and economic strata. When the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) decided to open the downstream of the petroleum industry to the private sector, one... of the FGN's first steps in this direction was to invite eligible companies in Nigeria to apply for licenses to establish private petroleum refineries. In response to this invitation by the FGN, OPRL applied, in March, 2002 together with 64 other private companies, for refinery license. On May 31st, 2002, the Federal Government of Nigeria granted OPRL the first stage license i.e. to establish a Petroleum Refinery of 55,000 bpsd capacity in Anambra State. OPRL was one of 18 successful private companies to be granted the first stage licence by the FGN. Since June 2002, OPRL has worked tirelessly on several fronts to make its Petroleum Refinery a reality. The results to date have been significant. Both the Federal Ministry of Environment (FMEnv) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) have approved the Preliminary Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the refinery Project. On January 22, 2004, FMEnv formally approved the terms of reference for the detailed EIA studies, which have since started with wet season sampling of the soil and water at the project site and surrounding areas. The basic design of the Orient Petroleum Refinery was completed in August, 2003 by OPRL's engineering consultants, LaurenKamtech of Houston and Abilene, Texas, USA. The Ministry of Petroleum Resources and Department of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Government of Nigeria visited LaurenKamtech offices in Houston and Abilene, Texas in August 2003, analyzed the process design and confirmed that the products of the proposed Orient Petroleum's Refinery will meet the Nigerian specifications.Read More