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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators SAFETY CASE GUIDELINES FOR OIL AND GAS FACILITIES IN NIGERIA Code: DPR GUIDE 0036 – 2020 Revision Date: 2nd October 2020
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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators
SAFETY CASE GUIDELINES FOR OIL AND GAS FACILITIES IN NIGERIA
Code: DPR GUIDE 0036 – 2020
Revision Date: 2nd October 2020
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and demonstrate that the risks identified are at ALARP to enable the DPR make an informed
decision on acceptance and approval. Safety Case submitted to the Department shall be reviewed
extensively with the aim of issuing an approval to the proponent.
Once an approval is issued, the proponent shall have a duty to ensure that the installation is
designed, operated and decommissioned in conformity with applicable regulations, guidelines,
standards, management systems and other arrangements described in the Safety Case. However,
this approval is usually subjected to conditions. Deviations from these conditions will invalidate
the Safety Case approval. It is pertinent to note that notwithstanding the approval of a Safety
Case by the DPR, a proponent would not be exonerated from any incident/accident that may arise
from the operations of the facility.
5.2
Document Submission
In seeking for the approval of a Safety Case for any facility, the Operator/Facility owner is required
to submit the Safety Case in hard/soft copy(ies) and evidence of payment of prescribed fees with
a cover letter addressed to the Director/CEO, Department of Petroleum Resources. The
submission of the Safety Case for approval shall be consistent with the following stages of a
project/facility lifecycle:
i.
The Concept Safety Evaluation report shall be submitted as applicable at the end of the
concept selection evaluation exercise and alongside the submission of the Field
Development Plan (FDP);
ii.
The Design Safety Case shall be submitted separately by the Operator/Facility owner at
the end of Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and prior to Detailed Engineering Design
(DED). This submission shall form part of the basis for DPR approval of FEED.
Addendum(s) and update(s) may be submitted subsequently;
iii.
The Operations Safety Case that shall be submitted by the Operator/Facility owner should
be expected anytime between the end of Detailed Engineering Design (DED) and during
fabrication/construction phase. Note that the submitted Safety Case shall be reviewed
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