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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 
 
 
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make every reasonable effort to support the Federal Government of Nigeria in its 
objective to take Flare Gas to markets. 
b. 
Producers’ Approved Flare Out Projects are those defined in Paragraph 3 (2) of the 
Regulations and are exempted from the bid process. 
c. 
A Producer may apply to the Minister of Petroleum Resources to obtain a Permit to 
Access Flare Gas for a Producer’s Approved Flare Out Project subject to meeting the 
following conditions: 
1. 
As from the effective date of the Regulations, any Producer that wishes to 
commercialise Flare Gas must obtain a Permit to Access Flare Gas for a 
Producer’s Approved Flare Out Project through a midstream subsidiary 
corporate entity, either existing or to be incorporated, following the 
procedures laid out in these Guidelines. 
2. 
The utilisation of such natural gas shall not reduce or affect any Flare Gas 
volume that is subject to a bid process conducted by the Federal Government 
of Nigeria or has been assigned to any Permit Holder. 
d. 
Any Producer who wishes to apply for a Producer’s Approved Flare Out Project shall 
make an application to the Minister of Petroleum Resources requesting approval for 
a Producer’s Approved Flare Out Project with the following information and 
documentation: 
1. 
Project description 
2. 
10-year Associated Gas Production Forecast and Flare Gas Forecast Quantities 
3. 
A 10-year forecast of the Flare Gas volume to be contracted for by the Permit 
Holder, the Flare Site(s) that will supply the gas, Flare Gas-to-Market Product 
(power generation, LNG, CNG, LPG/Condensate extraction, methanol, a 
combination of products, etc.) proposed and the technology to be utilised; 
4. 
A list of Flare Gas-to-Market Product Off-Takers;