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GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATURAL GAS PLANT FACILITY IN NIGERIA. DPR 2006

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b) 
The operator shall prepare and submit an annual program of activity in the form 
of a presentation to the Director of Petroleum Resources at the beginning of 
each calendar year. 
 
3.3 
MAINTENANCE 
 
This comprises routine, preventive scheduled and turn-around maintenance. 
a) 
The gas plant facilities shall be periodically examined for corrosion detection 
and corrosion protection systems and devices installed shall be regularly 
checked to ensure effective performance. All these anti-corrosion performance 
monitoring shall be carried out in accordance with current NACE (National 
Association of Corrosion Engineers) Standards and procedures. 
 
b) 
All turn-around maintenance (TAM) schedules shall be duly submitted to the 
Director of Petroleum Resources at least three months prior to its 
commencement and thereafter, monthly progress report of the maintenance shall 
be rendered until completion for monitoring purposes only. 
 
3.4 
PLANT MODIFICATION 
 
Any proposed modification or enlargement of existing gas plant and facilities shall be 
communicated to the Department and must be approved in accordance with the 
provisions of Regulation 3 of the Petroleum Refining Regulations, 1974 and its 
subsequent revisions before being carried out. 
 
3.5 
PLANT RELOCATION 
 
In the case of a request to relocate an existing plant to Nigeria, the applicant shall 
provide the following information to the Director of Petroleum Resources. 
 
a) 
Reason for the plant relocation. 
b) 
Operational history of the plant including years of operation. 
c) 
Types of feedstock the relocated gas plant units will process. 
d) 
Proposed Process Flow Diagram. 
e) 
Layout for the relocated gas plant 
f) 
List of process units/packaged units to be re-designed and new gas plant 
configuration. 
g) 
List of equipment to be re-engineered. 
h) 
Land requirement for relocation 
i) 
Feedstock supply and products evacuation scheme. 
j) 
Electrical single line diagrams. 
k) 
Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID’s) of the process units and 
utilities 
l) 
Safety, Process and maintenance manuals. 
m) 
HAZOP review report of the re-designed and re-engineered gas plant. 
n) 
Environmental Impact Assessment report. 
o) 
The design parameter and the As-built drawings of the entire plant, offsite and 
utilities. 
p) 
Current technical status of the plant certified from a comprehensive technical 
audit carried out by an internationally reputable inspection agency.