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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING DPR APPROVAL FOR TRANSFER OF LICENCE, RIGHTS OR INTERESTS IN THE DOWNSTREAM SECTOR OF THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING DPR APPROVAL FOR 
TRANSFER OF LICENCE, RIGHTS OR INTERESTS IN THE DOWNSTREAM 
SECTOR OF THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY 
Code: DPR Guide 0039 - 2020 
 
Effective Date: 1st September 2020 
 
 
 
This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved  
 
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i. 
Evidence of retrieval, from previous operator/owner, As-Built Engineering 
Diagrams and documentations, which must include: 
a. Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) of   the refinery/process units, 
utilities and offsite facilities;  
b. Process flow diagrams of the refinery/process plant; 
c. Plot plan / General facilities layout of the refinery/process plant; 
d. Electrical single line diagram of the refinery/process plant; and 
e. Structural drawings. 
ii. 
Evidence of securing or maintaining the following: 
a. Technical services agreement retention or renewal with refinery/plant process 
units’ licensors and royalty’s payment;  
b. Retrieval of all Facility Licences/approvals from previous operator;   
c. statutory instruments or documents such as C of O of refinery/plant site; 
d. Service agreement with contractors and vendors on refinery/plant operations 
and maintenance; 
e. Transitional operations arrangement and staffing; and 
f. Capitalization and Working capital available for refinery/plant operations. 
iii. 
Confirmation of availability of the following operational requirements: 
a. Approved operating manuals, maintenance manuals, mechanical catalogues, 
subject to appropriate modifications; 
b. Complete equipment reports on all critical equipment such as pressure 
vessels, fired heaters, boilers, rotating equipment and storage tanks; 
c. Completion of all fiscalization equipment and systems to approved standards; 
d. Availability of adequate spare parts, chemicals, catalysts, lubes, greases and 
other operating consumable materials in the warehouse appropriately 
codified and organized;