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

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x) 
Proposed safety provisions and preliminary environmental impact 
assessment study. 
xi) 
Infrastructural support strategy. 
xii) 
Organization plan, including staff training plans. 
xiii) 
Financial plan. 
xiv) 
Local content plan 
xv) 
Application fee as prescribed by the Department in bank draft payable to 
“Federal Government of Nigeria – DPR fees account” 
 
b) 
Basic Design 
 
i) 
Project design philosophy. 
ii) 
Block flow scheme showing process configurations and capacities, 
including utilities, and offsites. 
iii) 
Process flow diagram of the process units. 
iv) 
List of codes and standards applicable to the project 
v) 
Feedstock and product metering systems and proving procedures. 
vi) 
Plot plan and equipment general assembly. 
vii) 
Project-implementing schedule. 
viii) 
Process Hazard Identification (HAZID). 
 
Having fulfilled the above requirements in addition to a formal presentation of the 
conceptual study to the Department, the Director may grant the applicant the licence to 
establish the Gas plant consequent upon which the applicant may proceed with the 
detailed Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) phase of the gas plant 
project. 
 
The validity of the licence to establish the gas plant shall be for a period of two years 
after which it shall lapse. 
 
The Department shall participate in all the activities that lead to the development of the 
above documents. 
 
 
SECTION 2 
 
2.0 
DETAILED ENGINEERING DESIGN/APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT A GAS 
PLANT FACILTY 
 
The applicant shall submit the detailed engineering design reports of the gas plant 
facility to the Department of Petroleum Resources which shall include the following: 
 
(i) 
Approved Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report. 
(ii) 
Engineering review reports. 
(iii) 
Approved for Construction (AFC) drawings 
(a) Detailed process configuration including Piping & Instrumentation 
Diagrams (P&ID) and Process Flow Diagrams (PFD), showing the detailed 
Material Balance and feedstock composition/PVT data. 
(b) Electrical one-line diagram 
(c) Equipment list and general facility layout diagram