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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES FOR GRANT OF PERMIT TO ACCESS FLARE GAS Code: DPR Guide 0007 - 2020 Revision Date: 1st August 2020

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
GUIDELINES FOR GRANT OF PERMIT TO ACCESS FLARE GAS 
Code: DPR Guide 0007 - 2020 
 
Revision Date: 1st August 2020 
 
 
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1. SCOPE 
These Guidelines are issued pursuant to Paragraph 35 (b) of the First Schedule to the 
Petroleum Act and the Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and Pollution) Regulations, 2018 
(Regulations). 
The Federal Government of Nigeria is responsible for establishing an enabling environment 
for investment in the petroleum sector through policies, regulations, and market-economic 
measures. The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the National Gas Policy 2017 
with specific policy measures for the upstream, midstream and downstream segments of 
the petroleum sector. On that basis, the Federal Government of Nigeria took the decision 
to commercialise Flare Gas. 
2. THE PETROLEUM ACT CAP.P10 LFN 2004 (as amended)  
2.1 
Paragraph 35 (b) (i) of the First Schedule to the Petroleum Act 1969 (as amended) 
confers on the Federal Government of Nigeria the right to take natural gas produced 
with crude oil by the licensee or lessee at the flare free of cost or at an agreed cost, 
and without payment of royalty. 
2.2 
Pursuant to the above, the Federal Government of Nigeria is exercising its right to 
take Flare Gas and, through an open and competitive bid process, grant a Permit to 
Access Flare Gas. 
3. FLARE GAS (PREVENTION OF WASTE AND POLLUTION) REGULATIONS, 2018  
3.1 
To give effect to Nigeria’s commitments to international conventions and treaties 
such as the Paris Agreement for Climate Change, United Nations Sustainable