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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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Other Operational Wastes Management 
 
17. (i) There shall be no disposal of oily wastewater, hydrotest water, pigging 
waste and any other effluent generated from midstream and downstream 
projects or operations without written consent or approval from the Authority. 
(ii) 
The Authority shall approve all methods for treatment and disposal of all 
wastes generated from midstream and downstream operations. 
(iii) 
All discharges of sanitary wastes generated from midstream and 
downstream facility and installation shall be treated to comply to the 
limitation prescribed by the Authority. 
(iv) 
The ship owners, charterers, and agents shall ensure that samples of clean 
ballast and treated bilge water from in-coming vessels  and stationary 
operating  facilities  to be disposed shall meet effluent limitations for ocean 
ballast and disposal conditions as prescribed by the Authority before 
discharge in the offshore discharge zone. 
(v) 
All petroleum storage tanks, and vessel cleaning activities shall be 
conducted using only automated technology approved by the Authority. 
The tank cleaning activities shall be carried out only under the supervision 
of competent persons. 
(vi) 
Gaseous emissions from Midstream and Downstream oil and gas 
installations and facilities, comprising of but not limited to particulate 
matter, dust, methane, hydrocarbons, oxides of carbon, nitrogen and 
Sulphur oxides, mercury, volatile organic carbons shall not be emitted 
directly into the environment. 
 
 
Hazardous Waste Management 
 
18. (i) The Operator shall notify the Authority in writing within one month of the 
generation of hazardous wastes. 
(ii) 
The notification in (I) above shall include:  
a) Material Safety Data Sheet  
b) Waste Material Data Sheet  
c) Product Data Sheet 
d) Chemical Tests or Analysis on the Criteria and Characteristics of 
hazardous substances or wastes. 
e) Risk Assessment Report 
f) 
Any other document or data as may be required by the Authority