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Midstream and Downstream Decommissioning and Abandonment Regulations Under Section 232 and 233 of the Petroleum Industry Act (2021). DRAFT DATE: 10/06/2022
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(3) A licencee shall submit the results of all post completion monitoring surveys to the Authority. On completion of the last intended survey as provided by the licencee in its statement of measures pursuant to Regulation 20(2), any further work shall depend on the results of the monitoring surveys and shall be agreed with the Authority. Decommissioning and Abandonment Required by the Authority 21.(1) The Authority, may at any time by written notice, require a licencee to commence decommissioning and abandonment of any midstream and downstream installation, pipelines, storage tanks, petroleum products tank farms and jetties, processing facilities where such decommissioning and abandonment may be required under best international petroleum industry practices, irrespective of the timing proposed under the approved decommissioning and abandonment plan. (2) The licencee shall comply with any notice under Regulation 28(1). Enforcement by the Authority 22. The Authority shall enforce compliance to the provisions of these regulations in the following manner: a. In respect of a Licence which has expired, was surrendered, or terminated and no decommissioning and abandonment has been executed by the licencee, or where there is still remaining unfulfilled decommissioning and abandonment obligations, the Authority shall require the licencee of the expired licence to execute the decommissioning and abandonment in line with the previously approved decommissioning and abandonment plan in compliance to these regulations. b. In respect of a licence that has been transferred or divested by the licencee prior to the execution of any decommissioning and abandonment obligation provided for in a decommissioning and abandonment plan, the obligation to execute the decommissioning and abandonment obligations under a decommissioning and abandonment plan relating to the licence shall be enforced against the transferee of the licence who acquires its interest with the prior approval and consent of the Minister or the Authority as the case may be in accordance with the Act. 23. Prior to the termination of a licence for any reason, the Authority may request in writing that the licencee refrains from conducting specific decommissioning and abandonment programme regarding any specific midstream and downstream installations or facilities. In such a case, the licencee shall deliver the installations or facilities, in good working order and fit for further working again, to the third party designated by the Authority, and the licencee shall be relieved of any future obligation relating to decommissioning and abandonment of such facilities and any remaining amounts in the decommissioning and abandonment fund shall be transferred to the Authority for the purpose of future decommissioning and abandonment. Database of installations, structures and assets 24.(1) The Authority shall keep and maintain a database of Midstream and Downstream petroleum installations, any pipelines, storage tanks, petroleum products tank farms and jetties, processing or other facilities or infrastructures and pipelines on land and offshore Nigeria. The database shall include a list of all installations, structures and pipelines used in the operations and their status.
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