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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES FOR THE OPERATIONS OF PETROLEUM REFINING FACILITIES Code: DPR GUIDE 0044 - 2021 Review Date: 3rd February 2021

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
GUIDELINES FOR THE OPERATIONS OF PETROLEUM REFINING FACILITIES 
Code: DPR GUIDE 0044 - 2021 
 
Review Date: 3rd February 2021 
 
 
 
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Modification: Any alteration to an existing refinery in the form of facility upgrade, process 
and/or storage expansion, refurbishment etc.  
Petroleum Refining Facility: This means any oil and gas handling facility where petroleum 
refining activities takes place.  
Process Waste: Oil handling wastes- oily and non-oily sludge from tanks and process 
equipment (often characterized as hazardous) and sludge from wastewater treatments. 
Oil processing wastes-spent catalysts, off-spec materials, spent chemicals, unsaleable by-
products, and waste treatment by-products (often hazardous). 
Production: Refers to finished and intermediate products from the refinery.  
Refinery: Refinery means petroleum refining facility. 
Relocation: Refers to movement of a refinery or refinery equipment from one location to 
another within the refinery premises or from outside location to refinery premises. 
Take-over: Means transfer or purchase of 30% to 50% of the shares of a publicly listed 
company by an individual or company which gives acquirer control over management and 
affairs of the company. 
Transfer of License: Refers to change in ownership or control of license to operate a 
refinery or an interest or rights therein either through Merger, Acquisition, Lease, Lien, 
Assignment, Mortgage, shares divestment or similar transaction. An application for a 
takeover of a refinery will be treated as an application for a transfer of license over the 
refinery. 
5. APPLICATIONS & APPROVALS PROCEDURE 
5.1 
PETROLEUM REFINING FACILITY APPLICATION OVERVIEW  
The Department’s licensing and approval processes for Petroleum Refining operations in 
the oil and gas industry as described hereunder is designed to ascertain that applicants