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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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3. PREAMBLE  
3.1 
In accordance with Paragraph 4 (2) of the Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and Pollution) 
Regulations, 2018, the Department of Petroleum Resources may request a Producer to 
provide Flare Gas Data and the Producer shall provide such data in the format required 
within 30 calendar days of the date of request. 
3.2 
A Producer, or any person acting on behalf of the Producer, who supplies inaccurate or 
incomplete Flare Gas Data to the Department of Petroleum Resources shall be liable to 
the penalty stipulated in Paragraphs 5 and 21 of Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and 
Pollution) Regulations, 2018.  
3.3 
A Producer shall maintain a daily log of flaring and venting of natural gas produced in 
association with Crude Oil and/or Condensate and shall submit the logs to the 
Department of Petroleum Resources within twenty-one (21) days following the end of 
each month. 
3.4 
A Permit Holder shall maintain a daily log of each occurrence of the flaring and venting 
of natural gas within its facilities, which shall be submitted to the Department of 
Petroleum Resources within twenty-one (21) days following the end of each month. 
3.5 
All flaring logs shall be based on data retrieved from metering equipment that shall be 
installed by the Permit Holder and by the Producer in their respective facilities and shall 
include the date, time, duration, rates, volumes, and gas source or type, (such as sour 
inlet gas or acid gas), for each flaring event. 
3.6 
The format and manner of all logs shall be in conformity to the Metering and Data 
Collection Standards as provided for in Schedule B of these Guidelines.