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Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Environmental Regulations 2023

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intended for use in the midstream and downstream petroleum industry for 
remediation of impacted sites; 
“facility” means a factory, plant, installations, structure, utilities, pipelines, 
processing plants, petroleum products tank farms or other facilities, for 
production, manufacturing, transportation, distribution and storage of 
petroleum, petroleum liquids, natural gas, petrochemicals, industrial 
chemicals, precursors, and other derivatives from crude oil or natural gas ; 
“hazardous waste” means waste material with characteristics that make 
it dangerous or capable of causing a harmful effect to the environment and 
human health ; 
“HSEC” means Health, Safety, Environment and Community ; 
“LNG” means Liquified Natural Gas 
; 
“LTC” means Licence to Construct 
; 
“LTE” means Licence to Establish ; 
“midstream petroleum operations” shall have the meaning ascribed to 
it in the Act 
; 
“NGN” means Nigerian Naira 
; 
“Offshore Discharge Zone” means the offshore area 12nm away from 
the shoreline and of water depth greater or equal to 200 feet where regulated 
discharges are allowed 
; 
“on-scene-commander” means the person responsible for coordinating, 
organising and directing all actions and parties during an emergency response 
situation ; 
“point source” means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance 
from which treated and permitted gaseous emissions or liquid effluents are 
or may be discharged 
; 
“project” means all specific petroleum operations to be undertaken under 
a licence granted under the Act 
; 
“review” means an assessment or examination of something with a 
possibility or goal of making a change for improvement where necessary ; 
“special environmental permit” means environmental permits that are 
not routinely or statutorily issued, and the permit is issued based on the 
need 
; 
“special studies” refer to studies that are initiated based on the need to 
solve peculiar environmental challenge such as fate and effect studies, 
dispersion modelling and environmental risk assessment ; 
“spill” means the accidental or intentional release of petroleum liquids, 
gas release, industry chemicals or products into the environment ; 
“spiller’ means any person participating in midstream and downstream 
petroleum operations whose activities directly or indirectly cause a spill ; 
“waste” means hazardous and non-hazardous materials generated from 
midstream and downstream petroleum operations, that has no use to the 
waste generator ;