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

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SECTION IV

4.1
License to Operate a Hydrocarbon Process Plant
Upon mechanical completion of the refinery or plant, the refiner shall apply for license to operate the
plant and pay the statutory fees as prescribed in the Petroleum Refining Regulations 1974, Part V,
Supplemental paragraph 46, or as amended in Appendix I.

4.2
APPROVAL TO COMMISSION
Following completion of mechanical erection, the Department of Petroleum Resources shall carry out
physical inspection of the plant to ascertain conformance with approved design.
Upon receipt of a satisfactory inspection report, the Honorable Minister will grant the approval to
commission and operate the plant. The following shall be the pre-requisites to qualify:

1)
A qualified refinery / plant manager is appointed and his appointment is notified in writing to
the Minister of Petroleum Resources.
2)
Complete equipment reports on all critical equipment such as pressure vessels, fired heaters,
boilers, rotating equipment and storage tanks.
3)
Completion of all fiscalization equipment and systems to approved standards.
4)
Availability of adequate spare parts, chemicals, catalysts, lubes, greases and other operating
consumable materials in the warehouse appropriately codified and organized.
5)
Availability of commissioning spare parts, apart from operating spare parts, all properly coded
and arranged in the warehouse.
6)
Approved operating manuals, maintenance manuals, mechanical catalogues, would have all
been supplied, subject to appropriate modifications after commissioning.
7)
Approved operating and maintenance organization and availability of trained manpower in
sufficient strength.
8)
Functional and effective fire prevention and fighting organization already in existence.
9)
Functional and effective Safety enforcement Organization and Policies already in existence.
10)
All approved engineering drawings in agreed numbers of copies have been supplied by the
contractor, subject to modifications to reflect changes during construction.
11)
The quality control laboratory is completed and functional.
12)
A well-staffed and equipped First Aid Clinic is in place.
13)
All other provisions, which are reasonably required to facilitate effective commissioning of the
plant, have been made.
14)
An effective and international applicable materials codification and management system is in
place.
15)
Confirmation that all-environmental protection standards and during design have been met.
16)
Payment of prescribed license fees One hundred thousand dollars only (US $100,000) to FGN
DPR Fees Accounts and DPR service charge of five Hundred thousand naira only (N500,000) .
These amounts shall also be paid as annual license renewal fees subsequently.

4.3
PLANT OPERATION
a)
The plant shall be operated in compliance with the provisions of the Petroleum Refining
Regulations, 1974 and its subsequent revisions.
b)
The refiner shall prepare and submit an annual program of activity in the form of a presentation
to the Director of Petroleum Resources at the beginning of each calendar year.

4.4
MAINTENANCE
This comprises routine preventive scheduled and turn-around maintenance.
a)
Preventive maintenance schedules on critical equipment shall be prepared and submitted to the
Department of Petroleum Resources for monitoring purposes only.