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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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e. Approved operating and maintenance organization and availability of trained 
manpower in sufficient strength; 
f. Functional and effective fire prevention and fighting organization already in 
existence; and 
g. Functional and effective Safety enforcement Organization and Policies already 
in existence.  
iv. 
Refinery/Process plant Emergency Response Plan (ERP). 
v. 
Environmental Evaluation Studies Report by the previous company/applicant. 
vi. 
Evidence of Minimum Industry Safety Training for Downstream Operations 
(MISTDO) for staff. 
vii. 
Evidence of approved Safety Case. 
viii. 
Due diligence and Integrity Assessment Report. 
 
4.6 
Specific Requirements for Pipelines or Pipeline Network Licence 
In addition to documents listed in Section 4.1, other required documents for Pipelines or 
Pipeline Network Licence include: 
i. 
Reports of the following prior to acquisition: 
a. Re-survey of pipeline(s) through the entire length or network; 
b. Mothballing of any oil or gas pipeline that is not in use by filling with inert gas 
or nitrogen (mothballing methodology to be used to be determined by the 
company with the approval of the DPR); and 
c. Pressure testing of previously mothballed oil and gas pipelines planned to be 
put to use (Evidence of a holistic Integrity Assessment Report). 
ii. 
Evidence of retrieval, from previous operator, As-Built documentation of native 
files and copies of the following: