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Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Operations Regulations 2025

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(3) The design, construction and operation of a terminal shall be in
accordance with the standards and recommended practices approved by the
Authority.
(4)  The design of a terminal shall be subjected to technical and safety
reviews with the participation of the Authority and third-party moderators for
specific safety studies as required.
(5)  All major equipment and critical systems or units shall be subjected to
integrity inspections, functional tests and integrity tests with the participation of
the Authority.
(6)  The Authority shall undertake the pre-lease inspection of a facility or
vessel to be used as a terminal to ensure its suitability and conformity with
approved standards.
79. —(1)  An application to operate a terminal shall be made in the manner
prescribed by the Authority.
(2)  Prior to the grant of a licence to operate, a terminal shall be subjected
to —
(a)  pre-commissioning and commissioning verification checks;
(b)  physical inspection to ascertain conformity to approved design; and
(c)  ascertainment of operating envelope, throughput and facility reliability.
(3)  The Authority shall, upon satisfactory evaluation of submissions and
payment of the prescribed fees —
(a)  publish a terminal establishment notice in the Federal Government
official Gazette which shall state the final deemed coordinates of the
facility; and
(b)  grant a licence to operate the terminal.
(4)  Petroleum liquids or natural gas or its derivatives shall not be exported
from a terminal without a —
(a)  wholesale supply licence; and
(b)  valid certificate of quantity and quality issued by the Authority.
(5)  The holder of a licence to operate a terminal shall —
(a)  establish and make available to the public on its website or at its
offices, the —
(i)  procedure and terms for obtaining third-party access or throughput
services on an open access basis, and
(ii)  method of response to the request for its services;
(b)  operate and maintain its facilities in a safe, economical, reliable and
environmentally sustainable manner, taking into consideration any strategic
plan formulated by the Authority;
(c)  shut down its facilities in —
(i)  emergencies,
Application
for licence to
operate a
terminal