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GUIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATIONS OF DOWNSTREAM GAS FACILITIES IN NIGERIA (LPG, CNG, LNG) ISSUED BY
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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES FOR THE STANDARD OPERATIONS OF LPG REFILLING FACILITY IN NIGERIA Code: DPR Guide 0043 - 2020 Revision Date: 1st September 2020 This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved 1 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose This guideline is issued pursuant to the Petroleum Act, 1969, Mineral Oils (Safety) Regulations, 1997 and Part IV, Section 87 (2) of the Petroleum Regulations, 1967. This document stipulates the minimum requirement and procedures for the development of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Operations in a Liquefied Petroleum Gas Refilling Plant in Nigeria. The objective is to ensure that the base line standard regarding HSE is achieved and maintained in all LPG Refilling Facility in Nigeria. 1.2 Scope These guidelines apply to all operations in an LPG Refilling plant including; vehicular movements, road tanker off-loading, product transfers, gas cylinder refilling, pump house and related safety provisions. 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS The general requirements are, at a minimum, the following: i. No persons shall construct, modify, install and operate an LPG handling plant without an approval/ licence for such operations as provided in the ‘Guidelines for the Establishment of LPG Refilling Facilities and Retailers’ Outlets in Nigeria’ issued by the Department. ii. All LPG refilling plants shall possess valid DPR licences at all times. iii. All LPG refilling plants shall develop a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), which must be approved by the DPR in line with the provisions of these guidelines. The Standard Operating Procedures shall contain operating instructions for the safe, continuing and reliable operations of all installations in the plant.
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