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B 133 Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 51

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8.—(1)  A person engaged in midstream petroleum operations shall not
flare or vent flare gas beyond limits set by the Authority.
(2)  A licensee or permit holder shall, prior to the issuance of a licence to
operate, engage with the Authority to determine the maximum number of
major flaring events and quantity of gas flared.
(3)  The quantity of gas flared and number of major flaring events in
subregulation (2), shall include all planned maintenance, facility start-up or
strategic operational reasons including testing.
(4)  The Authority may exempt a licensee or permit holder who vents
flare gas during a declared national emergency, from the payment of penalties.
PART IV — REPORTING OF GAS FLARE DATA
9.—(1)  A licensee or permit holder shall maintain a daily log of each
occurrence of the flaring and venting of flare gas within its facilities, which
shall be submitted to the Authority within 21 days following the end of
each month.
(2)  A licensee or permit holder shall install metering equipment in its
facilities which shall provide the data for all flare gas logs, and the data shall
include the date, time, duration and quantities of the venting or flaring of flare
gas within the facilities.
(3)  All flare gas logs shall comply with the form and manner stipulated
in the Metering and Data Collection Standards issued by the Authority.
(4)  A licensee or permit holder shall keep copies of flare gas logs in safe
custody for not less than 36 months.
10.—(1)  A licensee shall submit an annual report to the Authority each
year by 31st March for the previous year.
(2)  The annual report shall include all flare gas data with respect to
each facility in the form and manner specified by the Authority which shall
consist of —
(a)  information regarding the quantity of flare gas utilised or repurposed
at the facility ; and
(b)  the quantity of all flare gas flared by the licensee.
(3)  A licensee shall submit a quarterly report to the Authority within 21
days following the end of each quarter.
(4)  All flare gas data shall be subjected to quarterly and annual
reconciliation as may be determined by the Authority.
Prohibition
against
venting and
excessive
flaring of
flare gas
Flare gas
logs
Quarterly
and annual
reporting