Library / B 2103 Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 205
B 2103 Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 205

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(2)  A licensee or permit holder shall install metering equipment in its facilities
which shall provide the data for flare gas logs, and the data shall include the
date, time, duration and quantities of the venting or flaring of gas within the
facilities.
(3)  Gas flaring logs shall comply with the form and manner stipulated in
metering and data collection standards issued by the Authority.
(4)  A licensee or permit holder shall maintain the gas flaring logs for a
period of not less than 36 months.
71. Metering equipment used for measuring the gas flare shall be
manufactured, operated, calibrated, inspected and have accuracy in conformity
to metering and data collection standards issued by the Authority.
72.—(1) A licensee shall, not later that the 31st of March, submit an annual
report to the Authority in respect of gas flared in the preceding year.
(2)  The annual report shall include —
(a)  gas flaring data with respect to each facility;
(b)  information regarding the quantity of flare gas utilised or repurposed
at each facility; and
(c)  the quantity of gas flared by the licensee.
73. From the commencement of these Regulations, where the provisions
of any other regulations with respect to midstream gas flare is inconsistent with
the provisions of these Regulations, the provisions of these Regulations shall
prevail and the provisions of that other regulations shall, to the extent of the
inconsistency, be void.
74.—(1)  A person who vents gas without a permit issued by the Authority
is liable to a penalty of USD1,000,000 or its naira equivalent.
(2)  A person who flares gas without a permit from the Authority is liable to
pay a penalty of —
(a)  USD0.50 per 28.317 standard cubic metres (one thousand standard
cubic feet) of flare gas flared beyond the limit set by the Authority by not
more than one million standard cubic feet (1MMSCF);
(b) USD1.00 per 28.317 standard cubic metres (one thousand standard
cubic feet) of gas flared beyond the limit set by the Authority by more than
one million standard cubic feet but less than ten million standard cubic feet
(between 1-10MMSCF); or
(c)  USD1.50 per 28.317 standard cubic metres (one thousand standard
cubic feet) of gas flared beyond the limit set by the Authority from ten million
standard cubic feet and above (10MMSCFD>).
(3)  A midstream gas flare penalty shall be for the account of the Midstream
and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund and shall be utilised for midstream
Metering
and safety
standards
Gas flaring
report
Conflicts
with other
regulations
Penalty for
venting or
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