Library / B 35 Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 34
B 35 Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 34

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“Good Engineering Practice” means the exercise of that degree of skill,
diligence, prudence, foresight and operating practice which would reasonably
and ordinarily be expected from a skilled and experienced operator in
accordance with internationally acceptable industry standards and recognised
good practice applicable to high pressure natural gas pipelines ;
“New Gas Transportation Pipeline” means a pipeline for which an
applicable licence was issued under section 135 of the Act on or after the
effective date of the Act ;
“Operator” means a company that has received a licence from the
Authority to operate a gas transportation pipeline or gas transportation
network ;
“Real Tariff” means an adjusted tariff from aggregate of all reference
tariffs for specified natural gas transportation service for a network or
pipeline provided by operator for the approval of the Authority ;
“Reference Tariff” means a class of capacity charge to a specified
natural gas transportation service for a network or pipeline provided by
operator for the approval of the Authority ;
“Related Expenses” means field based operational cost for transportation
of natural gas ;
“Reserved Capacity” means transportation capacity in the pipeline
which is reserved by a shipper under a gas transportation agreement
for transportation of natural gas from a particular receipt point to a
particular delivery point, on the basis of a firm commitment by the
operator to transport such quantities of natural gas and a firm commitment
by the shipper to pay the reservation charge for that transportation
capacity whether or not it is used ;
“Shipper” means a person other than an operator licenced by the
Authority to ship gas through a system ;
“system” means a gas transportation pipeline or gas transportation
network used to convey gas ; and
“system point” means a point in a system designated to permit gas to
flow into or out of the system.
12.  These Regulations may be cited as the Natural Gas Pipeline Tariff
Regulations, 2023.
MADE at Abuja this 9th day of February, 2023.
ENGR.  FAROUK  AHMED
Authority Chief Executive
Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum
Regulatory Authority
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