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Guideline for Management of GHG and Fugitive Emissions from Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Operations

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NIGERIAN MIDSTREAM AND 
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Applicable to all Midstream and Downstream 
Petroleum Operations 
GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT OF GREEN HOUSE GASES (GHG) 
AND FUGITIVE EMISSIONS FROM MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM 
PETROLEUM OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA 
petroleum mining lease, with respect to the construction and operation of natural gas 
transport 
or 
transmission 
pipelines, 
including 
the 
related 
compressor 
stations, 
construction 
and 
operations 
of 
facilities 
to 
compress, 
transport 
and 
deliver 
compressed 
natural gas 
(CNG); 
construction and 
operations 
of gas processing 
facilities and central processing facilities, producing ethane, propane, butane and 
natural 
gas 
liquids and 
marketable 
natural 
gas; 
construction and operation 
of 
underground 
or abave 
ground 
facilities 
for 
the storage 
of 
natural 
gas, 
ethane 
extraction 
plants, 
construction 
and 
operation 
of 
gas 
to 
liquids 
(GTL) 
plants, 
construction 
and 
operation 
of 
lubricant, 
petrochemical 
and _ 
fertiliser 
plants, 
construction and operation of LNG plants, and related LNG terminals as well as storage 
and transport of LNG, acquisition. operation or chartering of LNG tankers for coastal 
and marine transportation, purchase and sale, trading, bartering, aggregating and 
marketing 
of natural gas transported by pipelines, compressed natural gas, LNG, 
methane, ethane, propane, butane, natural gas liquids and liquids from GTL plants 
with respect to wholesale customers and gas distributors and related administration 
and overhead. 
bb. Midstream 
and 
Downstream 
Petroleum 
Liquids 
Operations: 
means 
activities 
downstream of the measurement points of petroleum mining leases, whether or not 
related to the petroleum mining lease, with respect to the construction and operation 
of 
facilities 
for upgrading 
of heavy 
oil, 
construction 
and 
operation 
of 
lubricant, 
petrochemical and fertiliser plants, construction and operation 
of petroleum liquids 
transport pipelines, including 
the related pumping 
stations; 
acquisition, 
operation, 
leasing, rental or chartering of barges, coastal or ocean-going tankers, railcars and 
trucks for the transport of petroleum liquids, construction, leasing and operation of tank 
farms and other storage facilities and export terminals for petroleum liquids, construction 
and 
operation 
of 
refineries, 
purchase and 
sale, 
trading, 
bailering, 
marketing 
of 
petroleum liquids and related administration and overhead 
cc.Midstream and Downsiream Petroleum Operations: means midstream petroleum liquids 
operations and midstream and downstream gas operations. 
dd. Natural Gas Transmission Compressor Station: A facility located downstream of natural 
gas processing plant, which contains one or more compressors designed to compress 
natural gas to allow it to move through a transmission pipeline system. 
ee.Natural Gas Processing Plant: Any processing site engaged in the extraction of natural 
gas liquids from field gas, fractionation of mixed natural gas liquids to natural gas 
products, or both. 
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