Kephren Business Limited is a Nigerian-owned pre-shipment inspection, laboratory testing and government export supervision agent, with surveyors stationed at the country's major offshore crude oil terminals since 2008 — and the Government of Nigeria's appointed agent for crude oil export data collation since 2012.
Kephren Business Nigeria Limited is a private limited liability company incorporated under the Companies and Allied Matters Act, built by Nigerian professionals with decades of experience across the Nigerian maritime, crude oil and gas industry.
Since incorporation, Kephren has developed the manpower, capacity and professionalism to operate as an independent inspection agent for crude oil and gas monitoring and evaluation, with surveyors trained and equipped for production and export data collation, quality and quantity testing, and pollution monitoring at both offshore and onshore export terminals.
Kephren leverages daily satellite imagery and real-time AIS vessel-tracking data alongside its field surveyors, giving clients continuous visibility of loadings, vessel movements and cargo positions at Nigeria's offshore export terminals — the same terminals where Kephren has maintained a physical survey presence for well over a decade.
The company operates as the appointed agent to the Government of Nigeria for the collation of crude oil lifting and export data at the country's offshore terminals, a mandate first awarded in 2012 and renewed since. That project has built Kephren a close working relationship with all of Nigeria's major crude oil shipping agents and with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), giving it one of the longest continuous inspection track records of any independent agent operating offshore Nigeria.
Field survey, cargo documentation, training and quality control for crude oil, refined products and gas inspections at export terminals.
Operations backbone — data collation, satellite and AIS monitoring platforms, and reconciliation systems supporting revenue assurance.
Environmental and pollution control monitoring at offshore and onshore crude oil and gas export zones.
As agent to the Nigerian Ports Authority for the collation of crude oil lifting data, Kephren collates loading data directly at platform level, reconciles monthly with the NNPC Crude Oil Marketing Division and Nigeria's shipping agents, and verifies that every Bill of Lading reflects the quantity actually shipped — work it has carried out continuously for well over a decade.
That mandate has given Kephren a standing physical presence at most of Nigeria's major offshore crude oil export terminals, and a close, trusted working relationship with all of the country's major crude oil shipping agents and with the NNPC — the two counterparties every barrel of Nigerian crude passes through on its way to export.
Nigerian offshore crude oil export terminals — coverage maintained under continuous government agency appointment since 2012.
Kephren's management brings together Nigerian professionals with more than 30 years of combined experience across the oil and gas, maritime and public sector regulatory landscape. That experience shapes how the company runs field operations — with the same discipline expected by government agencies and international trading counterparties.
Below that leadership sits a standing network of surveyors positioned at most of Nigeria's major offshore crude oil terminals, supported from Kephren's Abuja head office and branch operations in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Warri. Surveyors undergo continuous training in crude oil and gas inspection practice, safety, and customer-facing conduct before they are deployed to a terminal.
Kephren currently documents crude oil liftings for revenue assurance on behalf of one of its major clients, in addition to its long-standing role collating crude oil export data for the Government of Nigeria — work that depends on the same field-verified, terminal-level data, and the same trusted relationships with shipping agents and the NNPC, that underpin every inspection Kephren performs.
Management drawn from operators, surveyors and public-sector maritime professionals, not desk-bound consultants.
Ongoing instruction in inspection methodology, safety gear and identification standards, and customer care, ahead of terminal deployment.
Every report is completed, reviewed and approved by the appropriate authority before it is handed over to a client or regulator.
Head office in Abuja, with branch operations in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Warri covering Nigeria's principal oil and gas hubs.
Kephren's service lines cover the full chain of custody for a cargo — from pre-shipment verification at the loading terminal, through laboratory analysis, to the government-facing supervision that protects national export revenue.
Kephren assists government agencies and private clients ahead of export and import, ensuring the correct methodology in assessing both quantity and quality is adopted and reported — work that boosts government revenue through careful classification, valuation and risk management.
Inspections are bespoke, tailored precisely to the client and the cargo, spanning quality inspection of dry and wet cargoes, gas, crude oil and refined products, with independent physical surveys and sampling carried out at load port.
Qualitative and quantitative analysis performed against internationally recognised standards, supporting both commercial trading and regulatory certification requirements.
Working directly with government agencies to safeguard national revenue — verifying that every Bill of Lading reflects the true quantity shipped and that quality is correctly reflected in pricing.
Precision testing against international standards
Real-time cargo monitoring and verification
A live view of the benchmarks that govern the cargoes Kephren inspects — WTI and Brent — alongside trusted sources covering global energy markets.
Kephren is headquartered in Abuja, with branch operations in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Warri covering Nigeria's principal crude oil and gas export hubs.
B11, Phase 2, Plot 561, Gobir Y. A. Street,
Sani Zangon Daura Estate,
Kado District, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
Serving Nigeria's principal commercial port and shipping agency hub.
Positioned for the Bonny / Port Harcourt Pilotage District offshore terminals.
Covering the Niger Delta's western export terminals and river operations.