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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF OIL AND GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA Code: DPR Guide 0027 – 2021

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE OF OIL AND GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA  
Code: DPR Guide 0027 – 2021 
 
Effective Date: 14th October 2021 
 
This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved  
 
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2.5.2 Application for Conceptual Design / Front-End Engineering Design  
Application for approval of conceptual design/FEED shall be forwarded to the Department 
of Petroleum Resources with the following deliverables: 
i. 
Basic design concept/FEED adopted for the development of the proposed 
pipeline system 
ii. 
Scope of work for the proposed pipeline development project 
iii. 
The design basis of the pipeline system 
iv. 
The approved technical specification for the proposed pipeline development 
project 
v. 
A preliminary plan and profile for the proposed pipeline system 
vi. 
A copy of the approved FDP associated with the pipeline project where applicable 
vii. 
A copy of Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment approval for pipeline 
applications of 20km and above.  
viii. 
Basic concept of leak detection and general pipeline integrity monitoring. 
ix. 
A copy of the planned organogram of the project execution / management team. 
x. 
A copy of the planned local content program for the proposed project. 
xi. 
Evidence of Payment of N 500,000:00 only made payable to the Department of 
Petroleum Resources as processing fees. 
xii. 
Copy of the preliminary pipeline development project schedule in either level 0 
or 1 
xiii. 
A copy of the preliminary project cost and a statement on the planned funding 
method.  
2.5.3 Approval of Conceptual Design / Front-End Engineering Design 
Company shall be requested to make a formal presentation of its conceptual design to the 
Department after the receipt of above deliverables. The Department shall thereafter 
communicate approval of conceptual design for the proposed pipeline development 
project. Where such submission/presentation is not adequate, the Department shall notify 
the company not more than four (4) weeks from the date of the presentation why such 
approval shall not be granted.