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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA 2022 DRAFT DATE: 10/06/2022 GENERAL

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3) A Permit to operate any waste management facility that will handle wastes 
generated from petroleum activities/operations in the Midstream and 
Downstream Petroleum Industry. 
4) An approval for the management of waste generated from the 
activities/operations in the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream 
Petroleum Industry.  
5) A Waste Disposal Permit for the disposal of solid waste generated from 
the activities/operations in the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream 
Petroleum Industry.  
6) All other special environmental permits that may be determined by the 
Authority . 
 
32. 
 All service providers shall be required to undergo an accreditation process 
that will lead to the issuance of a permit. 
33.  
Service providers that make use of facilities shall be required to undergo an 
accreditation of their facility and obtain an Operating Permit.  
 
 
CLIMATE CHANGE 
Green House Gas (GHG) Management 
 
34. (1) There shall be a mandatory monitoring, estimation of volume and reporting 
of Green House Gases (GHG) emissions from all oil and gas operations in the 
Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum activities/operations.  
(2) The Authority  shall issue a Guideline for GHG inventory reporting and 
mitigation in line with international best practice. 
 
Management of Methane Emission 
 
35. (1) The Operator  shall conduct monitoring and control of methane emission 
from new and existing facilities or projects in which the following activities are 
performed:  
 
a) 
Processing, transportation, and distribution of hydrocarbons and 
b) 
storage of unrefined and refined petroleum. 
 
(2) The Operator  must take inventory of equipment and components 
identified as sources and possible sources of methane emissions and 
thereafter perform the Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) programme in all 
the new and existing facilities as part of methane emission management. 
(3) The Operator  shall develop and submit plan for, carbon capture, 
decarbonization and net-zero targets in operations to the Authority.