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GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT HYDROCARBON PROCESSING PLANTS (PETROLEUM REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICALS) IN NIGERIA

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2.4 
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE ENGINEERING DESIGN OF A REFINERY, 
PETROCHEMICAL AND GAS PROCESSING PLANT 
The detailed engineering and equipment specifications must conform to acceptable national and 
international standards listed in Appendix II or their equivalents, so as to guarantee the safety and 
operability of the plant and equipment. This phase must be executed with full participation of DPR 
engineers in accordance to the official mandate for monitoring hydrocarbon process plants projects. 
The following milestone deliverables / documents should be submitted to the Director, Department of 
Petroleum Resources for review and approval to ensure statutory compliance: 
 
2.4.1 REFINERY CONFIGURATION  
i) 
Final process configuration including detailed Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) of   
the process units, utilities and offsite facilities. 
ii) 
Final process technology selection and licensors. 
iii) 
Detailed material and energy balances 
iv) 
Process flow diagrams of the plant 
v) 
Electrical single line diagram 
 
2.4.2 PROJECT EXECUTION STRATEGY / QUALITY ASSESSMENT   
vi) 
Equipment test procedures (Detailed List of equipment)  
vii) 
Approved building plans 
viii) 
Quality control program of the designers 
ix) 
Final project implementation schedule 
x) 
Detailed crude oil (feedstock) supply and product meter proving procedure and evacuation 
schemes 
xi) 
Detailed Product Storage and Distribution Plan (Facilities Design, Layout and Metering) 
 
2.4.3 PROCESS SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS / UTILITIES PROVISION  
xii) 
Electric power generation and plant earthen philosophy, 
xiii) 
Power distribution, load flow analysis and short circuit study. 
xiv) 
Control and instrumentations systems (process system and alarms, fire & gas system, ESD 
system) design and implementation. 
xv) 
Detailed Waste (Solid, Liquid and Gaseous) Disposal Program of the Refinery 
xvi) 
Detailed HAZOP report 
xvii) 
SAFE Chart 
xviii) 
3-D Model Walkthrough reports 
xix) 
Cause and Effect Diagrams 
xx) 
Safety Equipment Layout 
xxi) 
General facilities Layout   
xxii) 
Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment 
 
2.4.4 PROJECT PRESENTATION  
Every applicant for approval to construct a private refinery shall make a technical presentation of the 
entire project to DPR and shall be required to submit 
xiii) 
The names of prospective fabrication and construction contractors and the fabrication 
program. 
xiv) 
The yard in which all pressure vessels, columns and ancillary equipment would be 
fabricated. 
xv) 
Arrangements for statutory monitoring of the various stages of equipment fabrications 
by officials of DPR.