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GUIDELINES BUNKERING OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA Department of Petroleum Resources 2016

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1.4 CONSTRUCTION OF BUNKERING FACILITIES 
  
Facilities to be used for bunkering activities shall be fixed or mobile. The 
fixed facilities for the storage of bunker fuel shall include but not limited to 
depots and dump-barges (tied to jetties) while the mobile facilities are 
motorized vessels and barges. 
 
 
1.4.1 MOBILE FACILITIES 
 
In addition to standard requirements for bunker vessels and barges, all 
mobile facilities shall satisfy the following conditions: 
 
i. 
Double hull with steel or fiber glass body. 
ii. 
Equipped with modern tracking devices as specified by DPR 
iii. 
Automated sampling system with real time monitoring 
capability. 
iv. 
The transfer/ dispensing hose shall be equipped with 
emergency disconnect system. 
v. 
Shall have well calibrated dispensing system that clearly 
indicates price of products which occasionally shall be checked 
for correctness by the DPR. 
vi. 
They shall be equipped with adequate firefighting equipment. 
vii. 
Shall be equipped with automatic emergency shutdown 
system 
viii. 
The word “BUNKERING” shall be boldly inscribed on the body 
of the vessel or barge. 
ix. 
Shall have a minimum of two fenders. 
 
 
1.4. 2 
FIXED FACILITIES 
 
 
i. Intending operator of a field facility shall submit application to DPR 
for suitability inspection. The inspection shall among other things 
report on: - 
 
a. Location & size of site/jetty/barge 
b. indication of similar facility within 2km stretch 
c. Topographic survey of site/jetty as appropriate  
d. Drainage from the site will be checked and certified by 
the DPR 
e. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)