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NOMENCLATURES, ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS 
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Petroleum and Petroleum Products means crude oil, refined products, natural gas 
liquid, LNG, LPG, natural gas, condensate, hydrocarbon liquid, renewable hydrocarbon 
liquid/sources and all their derivatives. 
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LPG and Condensates shall be measured using liquid metering systems.  
 
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Losses of Petroleum in plant installations, pipelines or installations may be caused or 
the result of corrosion, aged equipment, sabotage, willful damage or acts of nature, 
crisis, crimes or war etc. 
 
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Licensee or lessee or operator – owner of facility or Oil Mining Lease (OML) 
 
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DPR – Department of Petroleum Resources 
 
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EGASPIN – Environmental Guideline and Standards for Petroleum Industries in Nigeria 
 
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NNPC – Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation 
 
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USD – United States Dollar 
 
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FGN – Federal Government of Nigeria 
 
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CBN – Central Bank of Nigeria 
 
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MOSR – Mineral Oil (Safety) Regulations 
 
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NPMS – National Production Monitoring System 
 
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NSCDC – Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp 
 
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NERC – Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission 
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TPA – Town Planning Authority 
 
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API – MPMS American Petroleum Institute – Manual for Petroleum Measurement 
Standards 
 
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FAT – Factory Acceptance Test. Test of critical equipment at manufacturer’s premises 
or workshop. 
 
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SAT – Site Acceptance Test. Test of critical equipment at locations of installation, 
normally in country. 
 
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LACT – Lease Automatic Custody Transfer. 
 
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OTM – Optical Triangulation Method for tank calibration. 
 
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ORLM – Optical Reference Line Method. 
 
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EODRM – Electro-Optical Distance Ranging Method 
 
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NFPA – National Fire Protection Association 
 
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LFN – Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 
 
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BPV - Base Prover Volume 
 
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ISO: International Standard Organization. 
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MMBTU: One-million British thermal units