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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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Chargeable Flare Gas quantity 
Flare Site 
As defined in the Regulations, a location where natural gas 
produced in association with Crude Oil and/or Condensate is 
flared, commencing at a Flare Gas Header and going to the point 
of the flare within an Oil Mining Lease or Marginal Field area or 
within an oil terminal or refinery.  A Producer may consolidate 
operations for more than one production area into one or more 
Flare Sites. Flare Stacks connected to different Flare Gas Headers 
are considered to be separate Flare Sites.  
Flare Site Data 
The data, including Flare Gas Data and Flare Gas Forecast 
Quantities, for specified Flare Sites that Producers and Processing 
Facilities provide to the Department of Petroleum Resources for 
its review and validation 
Flare Stack 
Gas combustion device used at the Flare Site or at the Project to 
burn Flare Gas  
Gas Meter Inventory 
Report 
Report prepared by the Producer as defined in Schedule B 1.2.3 of 
the Guidelines for Flare Gas Measurement, Data Management and 
Reporting Obligations 
Gas-to-Oil Ratio (GOR) 
The ratio of the volume of Associated Gas produced to the 
volume of Crude Oil and/or Condensate produced at standard 
conditions, and is generally expressed in standard cubic feet per 
barrel (scf/bbl) 
Gas Sales Agreement  
An agreement, conforming substantially to the template 
appended to the request for proposal by the Federal government 
of Nigeria in the Programme, whereby Flare Gas is sold by the 
Seller to the Flare Gas Buyer 
Greenfield Project 
Any project to develop new oil or natural gas production from an 
Oil Mining Lease or Marginal Field after the effective date of the 
Flare Gas (Prevention of Pollution and Waste) Regulations 2018 
Incinerator 
A furnace in which natural gas is burned 
Marginal Field 
As defined in the Regulations, an oil field within an Oil Mining