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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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V. 
Start-up following facility shutdowns; 
VI. 
Scheduled preventive maintenance and inspections subject 
to it being carried out in a prompt manner and following 
prudent industry standards; 
VII. 
Construction activities, such as tie-ins, abrupt change of 
operating conditions, plant design modifications;  
VIII. 
Process upsets when process parameters fall outside the 
allowable operating or design limits and flaring is required 
to stabilise the process again; 
IX. 
Reservoir 
or 
well 
maintenance 
activities 
such 
as 
acidification, wire line interventions; 
X. 
Exploration, appraisal, or production-well testing or clean-
up following drilling or well work-over 
Off-Taker 
An entity that receives or purchases the Flare Gas-to-Market 
Product from a Permit Holder 
Oil Field 
A geographic area under which an oil reservoir lies and/or a tract 
of land used for extracting petroleum, otherwise known as Crude 
Oil and Condensate, from the ground 
Oil Mining Lease  
A lease granted by the Minister to a company incorporated in 
Nigeria, which allows such company to search for, win, work, 
carry away, and dispose of oil 
Own Consumption  
Associated Gas quantity consumed by the Producer in the process 
of production of Crude Oil and/or Condensate (for power 
generation, heating, artificial lift, re-injection, etc.)   
Permit Holder 
A company that has, pursuant to the Regulations, been granted a 
Permit to Access Flare Gas by the Minister 
Permit to Access Flare 
Gas 
As defined in the Regulations, a permit granted to a Permit Holder 
by the Minister to take Flare Gas on an exclusive basis from one or 
more Flare Sites as designated in the permit on behalf of the 
Federal Government of Nigeria   
Permit Holder Annual 
Report 
Report prepared by the Permit Holder as defined in Schedule B 
2.2.1 of the Guidelines for Flare Gas Measurement, Data 
Management and Reporting Obligations 
Procedure Guides 
The “Procedure Guide for the Determination of Quantity and