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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATIONS OF A GAS 
RETICULATION FACILITY IN NIGERIA 
Code: DPR Guide 0028 - 2020 
 
Revision Date: 1st September 2020 
 
 
 
This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved  
 
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by the Department.   
3.2 
Facility Layout & Site Selection  
3.2.1 
Site Selection Criteria 
1. Any site chosen for the facility shall be sufficiently spacious to allow it to be 
designed to minimize the risks from LPG to any structure close to the facility and 
person likely to be at or near the facility.   
2. The site shall, at the minimum, meet the following requirements:   
i. 
It shall be accessible from the roadside. 
ii. 
It shall not be within, under, or close to known hazards such as pipeline Right of 
Way (ROW), high voltage cable, railways, etc. 
iii. 
The minimum horizontal distance between the shell of a pressurized tank and 
the line of adjoining property that may be developed shall be as shown in Table 
3.1. Where residences, public buildings, places of assembly, or industrial sites are 
located on adjacent property, greater distances or other supplemental 
protection (firewall/underground tank) as provided in Table 3.1 shall apply.  
iv. 
The drainages to be constructed or existing ones shall not be channelled to a 
stream or waterway. Contaminated water shall be contained and treated onsite.  
3.2.2 
Facility Layout for Gas Reticulation Site 
1. Proper Hazard Area Classification and Risk Assessment shall be considered for safe 
design, layout and operations of the facility to minimize, to ALARP, the releases of 
containments to prevent the ignition and spread of any unavoidable or accidental 
releases. 
2. The location of tanks, fill points, vent pipes, road tanker delivery stands, buildings, 
etc. shall be designed to ensure in the layout of the facility, that: 
i. 
Satisfactory means of escape for persons in the event of a fire or other 
incident are provided.