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B 2103 Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 205

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44.—(1) A licence to establish a pipeline shall —
(a)  grant the holder the right to establish and survey the pipeline route; and
(b)  be valid for a term of two years and may be revalidated for a further
term of not more than six months.
(2)  An application made to the Authority for the grant of a licence to
establish a pipeline shall include —
(a)  evidence of payment of the prescribed fees;
(b)  a survey programme;
(c)  topography map showing the approximate route of the pipeline and
may include any other two  proposed alternative routes being considered;
(d)  conceptual plan prepared in a format prescribed by the Authority,
which shall include —
(i)  the service to be rendered by the pipeline,
(ii)  the preliminary specifications of the pipeline, and
(iii)  economic viability case and financial plan for the development of
the pipeline; and
(e)  any other requirement as may be prescribed by the Authority.
(3)  Where the licence to establish is in respect of an offshore pipeline, the
applicant shall, prior to the conduct of the survey, and in addition to the
requirements in subregulation (2) of this regulation, submit to the Authority —
(a)  the name and type of vessel to be used in the survey;
(b)  the fishery expert to be used by the applicant during the survey for
consideration of fishery activity in the area; and
(c)  a bio-diversity survey report in the case of a swamp location.
(4)  The Authority shall inform an applicant in writing of its consent to or
refusal of the application within 90 days from the date the application was received
by the Authority.
(5)  Where the Authority refuses the grant of an application, it shall inform
the applicant in writing the reason for the refusal and the applicant may make
further representations for the application within 21 days of such refusal being
communicated.
(6)  Where the Authority fails to communicate its decision within 90 days,
the application shall be deemed to be approved.
(7)  The holder of a licence to establish a pipeline shall, on a monthly basis,
submit to the Authority, activity reports and information obtained during the
survey.
(8)  Upon completion of the survey, the licensee shall submit to the Authority
a completion report containing the results of the survey and the pipeline
coordinates in approved CRS.
Licence to
establish a
pipeline