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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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1. SCOPE 
These Guidelines are issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 35 (b) of the First 
Schedule to the Petroleum Act, 1969; Paragraph 44 of the Petroleum (Drilling and 
Production) Regulations, 1969; Paragraph 47 of the Petroleum Refining Regulations, 1974; 
and the Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and Pollution) Regulations, 2018.  
These Guidelines stipulate the general procedures for putting in place a gas flaring and 
venting accountability system in Nigeria which includes, amongst others, data measurement, 
accounting, registration and reporting. 
2. OBJECTIVE  
The objective of these Guidelines is to lay out the criteria, general requirements and 
obligations of Producers and Permit Holders with respect to Flare Gas measurement, data 
management and reporting obligations to ensure compliance with the Flare Gas (Prevention 
of Pollution and Waste) Regulations, 2018, as well as to introduce new Flare Gas 
measurement, data management and reporting obligations for all Processing Facilities.   
These Guidelines address metering and data management aspects of the Metering and Data 
Collection Standards as stipulated in Paragraph 20 (2) of the Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste 
and Pollution) Regulations, 2018. 
Flare Gas measurement and production data management is necessary to obtain, monitor, 
report and validate (audit) data of produced, utilised and flared/vented natural gas with the 
objective of, amongst others, generating Flare Site Data to identify and quantify the 
environmental impact and the opportunities to commercialise Flare Gas.