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MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM DATA DEPOSITORY REGULATIONS, 2023

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(3) 
the Repository may grant discounts or waivers on transaction or service 
fees to subscribers based on published and clear criteria. 
(4) The Authority shall have power to undertake civil action for the recovery 
of unpaid fees and levies. 
7.  (1) All records, including but not limited to reports, data, samples, fluid 
samples, plans, maps, charts, crude oil assay, accounts, materials and 
information which are required to be provided to the Authority under the Act, 
Regulations or any other law shall be submitted by the holder of a midstream 
and downstream licence or permit to the Repository in a standard and format 
specified by the Authority.  
(2) 
The submission of records by a licensee or permit holders to the 
Authority in the specified format shall be a discharge of its obligations to 
submit data to the Authority under the Act and regulations made thereto. 
(3) 
Records which are required to be provided to the Repository under 
these Regulations or the Act shall be provided by the licensee or permit 
holder at no cost to the Authority. 
(4) 
The Repository shall charge fees for the storage and handling of fluid 
samples at designated storage facilities. 
(5) 
All data derived from project performance monitoring and cost 
benchmarking in the midstream and downstream petroleum industry shall be 
archived in the Repository. 
(6) 
information required under these Regulations to be submitted to the 
Repository in relation to work done or progress of petroleum operations in the 
relevant area shall not be withheld on the grounds that the information is 
confidential or interpretational. 
Data Submission  
8. Information submitted to the Repository by a licensee or permit holder shall, 
except as otherwise provided by these Regulations, be treated by all public 
officers and other authorities entitled to the information as confidential, 
provided that, no information shall be regarded as confidential, immediately 
after the expiration of the period specified in guidelines issued by the 
Authority. 
Data 
Confidentiality 
Period 
9. Data held by the Repository may be released to the public, after the 
expiration of the confidentiality period, upon payment of the relevant fees as 
specified in the Second Schedule to these Regulations. 
Data Release 
 
Schedule