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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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for Own Consumption 
Own Consumption as approved by the Department of Petroleum 
Resources    
Producer’s Approved 
Flare Out Project  
As defined in the Regulations, a Flare Gas Commercialisation 
project intended to be developed by a Producer, which is not 
already operating commercially, that meets the following criteria 
as validated and approved by the Department of Petroleum 
Resources: 
i. 
received all required permits / licenses necessary for its 
operation; 
ii. 
executed all material commercial agreements necessary 
for the implementation of the project; 
iii. 
achieved financial closing;  
iv. 
has demonstrated the viability of achieving commercial 
operations by no later than 1 January 2020; and 
v. 
the Producer has provided a financial guarantee to the 
Federal 
Government 
of 
Nigeria 
to 
underpin 
its 
commitment to milestones for the implementation of the 
Project 
Producer Reserved 
Flare Gas for 
Producer’s Approved 
Flare Out Project 
Flare Gas to be used in a Producer’s Approved Flare Out Project in 
respect of which the Producer will sign a Milestone Development 
Agreement 
Producer’s Associated 
Gas Utilisation Project 
for Commercialisation 
Project that was under development by the Producer with the 
intent to commercialise Associated Gas (either through own or 
third-party funding) that had not reached the Commercial 
Operation Date prior to the Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and 
Pollution) Regulations, 2018, becoming effective.  These projects 
are exempted from a bidding process and from having to pay to 
the Federal Government of Nigeria for the gas that is provided as 
fuel or feedstock to the project.  The Producer must have 
demonstrated to the Department of Petroleum Resources that 
the project is part of an approved Field Development Plan, has 
concluded the Front End Engineering Design (FEED), achieved the 
Final Investment Decision (FID) prior to January 2017, and that it 
will reach the Commercial Operations Date prior to January 2020.