Liberia Petroleum Refining Company

The Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) is a State owned entity, wholly owned by the Government of Liberia (GOL), with the mandate to procure and supply quality petroleum and petroleum related products to the Liberian market. The LPRC is certainly a business entity engaged in profit making activities. It has every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Liberian Business Corporation Act may have.

The idea of creating an oil company in Liberia was conceived, when it became clear that the government was spending an enormous amount of its foreign earnings on the importation of petroleum and petroleum products into the country.

Therefore in the mid 1960s, construction work began for oil refining facilities under the auspices of the Liberia Refining Company (LRC). Two American Firms, Sun-Oil Company and Dynelectron Corporation were in control of the financial and operational aspects of the company.

The Government of Liberia provided the managerial staff with Hon. Cletus Wotorson as its first Managing Director. In the mid 1970's, the facilities of the LRC were gutted by fire and the American firms pulled out.

Thus, on August 31, 1978, following the purchase by the Liberian Government of the assets of the then Liberia Refining Company (LRC), the company was changed to the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Since August 31, 1978.

The LPRC is a petroleum entity with a strategic focus on providing for the energy needs of the country. We believe that our demonstrated technical expertise combined with our excellent operational reputation and strong community relationships with government and other partners in Liberia, Africa and the rest of the world, make us well positioned to continue to grow.

The Liberia Petroleum Refining Company is part of West Africa`s petroleum entities that maintains its cardinal character as a dynamic, resilient corporation with a solid entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit. Engrafted across all our local and international operations is an organizational culture that embraces our diversity, stresses integrity and excellence in everything we do.

We have reinforced a workforce of talented and highly experienced professionals and maintain a rich knowledge base from which to draw on to continually improve the way we work. We lay emphasis on safety and are constantly looking for opportunities to utilize in-house knowledge to strengthen business. Whatever your discipline, working for the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) means being exposed to a several range of cultures and operating environments. In terms of individual development, the opportunity hopes to extend your existing skill set in a constantly changing industry environment.