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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES FOR FLARE GAS MEASUREMENT, DATA MANAGEMENT & REPORTING OBLIGATIONS Code: DPR Guide 0005 - 2020

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
GUIDELINES FOR FLARE GAS MEASUREMENT, DATA MANAGEMENT & 
REPORTING OBLIGATIONS 
Code: DPR Guide 0005 - 2020 
 
Revision Date: 1st August 2020 
 
 
This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved  
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(AGUF) 
Auction 
Competitive bid process conducted by the Federal Government of 
Nigeria to take Flare Gas on its behalf at any Flare Site as set forth 
in the Regulations 
BOPD or bopd 
Barrels of oil per day 
Business Day 
Any Day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a public holiday 
declared by the Federal Government of Nigeria on which 
commercial banks in Nigeria are legally permitted to be closed for 
business 
BWPD 
Barrels of Water per Day 
Chargeable Flare Gas 
Quantity 
The Flare Gas quantity used for calculating the Flare Payment to 
be paid by the Producer as defined in the Guidelines for Flare 
Payments 
Chromatograph 
A gas chromatograph capable of measuring online gas 
compositions up to and including C7 and the main non-
hydrocarbon constituents of the gas 
Commercial 
Operations Date 
Date upon which the Flare Gas Buyer declares start of commercial 
operations or the date upon which it starts delivering its Flare Gas-
to-Market Product(s) to its Off-Taker(s), whichever comes earlier 
Compounded Flare Gas 
Quantities 
The sum of the Flare Gas quantities and Unaccounted Flare Gas 
quantities  
Condensates 
A low-density, high-API gravity liquid hydrocarbon phase that 
generally occurs in association with natural gas 
Connection 
Agreement  
An agreement conforming substantially to the template issued as 
part of the tender documentation by the Department of 
Petroleum Resources and appended to the document during the 
request for proposal stage under the Programme, which is 
entered into by a Producer and a Flare Gas Buyer with respect to 
the connection of the respective facilities of the Producer and the 
Flare Gas Buyer through the Gas Connection Assets