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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES FOR PRODUCERS ASSOCIATED GAS UTILISATION PROJECTS Code: DPR Guide 0008 - 2020 Revision Date: 1st August 2020
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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES FOR PRODUCERS ASSOCIATED GAS UTILISATION PROJECTS Code: DPR Guide 0008 - 2020 Revision Date: 1st August 2020 This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved 4 1. SCOPE These Guidelines are issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 35 (b) of the First Schedule to the Petroleum Act, 1969; Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Associated Gas Re-Injection Act, 1979; and Paragraph 24 of the Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and Pollution) Regulations, 2018 (Regulations hereafter). These Guidelines shall apply to Producers seeking to execute flare out projects and wish to be exempted from a Third-Party Flare Gas Commercialisation Project bidding process. 2. OBJECTIVE These Guidelines describe the process applicable for granting Permits to Access Flare Gas to Producers for Producers’ Approved Flare Out Projects (PAFOP) in order to take Flare Gas at any Flare Site on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria. These Guidelines also lay out the framework for Producers’ Associated Gas Utilisation Projects for Own Consumption and Producers’ Associated Gas Utilisation Projects for Commercialisation. 3. CATEGORIZATION OF ASSOCIATED GAS PROJECTS 3.1 The categories of Associated Gas projects and Flare Gas Projects recognised by the Department of Petroleum Resources pursuant to the Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and Pollution) Regulations, 2018, are: a. Own Consumption 1. Producer’s Associated Gas Utilisation Project for Own Consumption means that such use must be limited to sustaining and/or improving oil recovery. b. Associated Gas and Flare Gas utilisation projects for commercialisation:
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