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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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Table of Contents 
List Of Tables ............................................................................................................................ iv 
1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1 
1.1 
Purpose ....................................................................................................................... 1 
1.2 
Scope .......................................................................................................................... 1 
1.3 
Definitions Of Terms .................................................................................................. 1 
2. BASIC STATUTORY PIPELINE APPROVALS AND LICENCES ............................................... 2 
2.1 
Overview of Pipeline Approvals and Licences .......................................................... 2 
2.1.1 
Applications Relating to Pipeline Route and Construction ................................. 2 
2.1.2 
Application Relating to Engineering of Pipeline System ..................................... 2 
2.2 
Permit To Survey a Pipeline Route ............................................................................ 3 
2.2.1 
Survey Activity for Pipelines ................................................................................ 4 
2.2.2 
Validity for Permit to Survey ............................................................................... 5 
2.3 
Licence To Construct Pipelines/OPLL ........................................................................ 5 
2.3.1 
Application for OPLL /Licence to Construct ......................................................... 5 
2.4 
Approval of OPLL ....................................................................................................... 7 
2.4.1 
Deviations on OPLL .............................................................................................. 7 
2.4.2 
Pipeline Community Engagement ....................................................................... 8 
2.5 
Conceptual Design / Front-End Engineering Design ................................................ 8 
2.5.1 
Responsibilities of DPR Project Representatives ................................................. 8 
2.5.2 
Application for Conceptual Design / Front-End Engineering Design ................. 10 
2.5.3 
Approval of Conceptual Design / Front-End Engineering Design ....................... 10 
2.6 
Detailed Engineering Design .................................................................................... 11 
2.6.1 
Application for Detailed Engineering ................................................................. 11 
2.6.2 
Approval for Detailed Engineering ..................................................................... 12 
2.6.3 
Summary Technical and Safety Studies for Pipeline Design ............................... 12