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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
GUIDELINES FOR FLARE PAYMENTS 
Code: DPR Guide 0006 - 2020 
 
Revision Date: 1st August 2020 
 
 
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within the Producer’s property at the perimeter of the Flare Site 
and forms part of the Producer Connection Assets.  This station 
should register, amongst others, the following parameters:  
• Pressure 
• Temperature 
• Flow rate 
Minister 
The Minister of Petroleum Resources 
Non-Associated Gas  
Free natural gas not in contact with, or dissolved in, Crude Oil in the 
reservoir.  There may or may not be condensate production 
together with the gas. 
Non-Routine Flaring 
As defined in the Regulations, all flaring other than Routine Flaring. 
Non-routine flaring is typically intermittent and of short duration 
and either planned or unplanned.  This includes:  
I. Subject to prudent operations and prompt action on the side 
of the Producer, temporary (partial) failure of equipment that 
handles the gas during normal operations until their repair or 
replacement, 
e.g. 
failure 
of 
compressors, 
pipeline, 
instrumentation, controls;  
II. Temporary failure of facilities that prevents receipt of 
Associated Gas; 
III. Safety Flaring; 
IV. Initial plant or field start-up before the process achieves steady 
operating conditions; 
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