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Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Operations Regulations 2025

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“waste” means waste generated from a hydrocarbon processing or refining
facility, which includes residue, slop oil and sludge;
“wholesale customer” means a class of customers with respect to —
(i)  natural gas, the right to contract for and purchase a supply of
wholesale gas, with capability to connect individually and economically to
a transportation pipeline or transportation network and shall include gas
distributors,
(ii)  crude oil, a purchaser with annual capacity of 65,000 BBL and
above, or
(iii)  petroleum products, a purchaser with annual capacity of 10,000,000
litres or its equivalent and above;
“wholesale gas” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Act;
“wholesale gas supply operations” means the purchase of natural gas from
a producer and delivery of wholesale gas to wholesale customers and gas
distributors at agreed delivery points;
“wholesale petroleum liquids” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Act;
“wholesale petroleum liquids supply operations’’ means the purchase of
petroleum liquids from a producer and delivery of petroleum liquids to bulk
customers and petroleum products distributors at agreed delivery points in
Nigeria or for export; and
“wholesale points” means the points, such as coastal depots, hinterland
depots, jetties, refineries, petrochemicals and processing plants, including
liquefied natural gas processing plants, petroleum liquids and natural gas export
terminals, export points, free on-board products measurement points and
other points of aggregation that may be determined by the Authority, where
petroleum liquids or natural gas or its derivatives exist or are sold in bulk.
158.  These Regulations may be cited as the Midstream and Downstream
Petroleum Operations Regulations, 2025.
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