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Page 1 of 67 MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, 2025

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80. (1) A licensee or permit holder shall obtain the approval of the Authority prior to commencement
of any remediation project.
(2) A licensee, permit holder or spiller liable for any spill, release, or leakages, shall be
responsible for the clean-up and restoration of any impacted area to its original state.
(3) Where the licensee or permit holder in sub-regulation (2) fails to rehabilitate, manage or is
unable to undertake the rehabilitation or management of any impact on the environment
arising from its operations, the procedure or criteria for incidence qualification as prescribed
in the Midstream and Downstream Environmental Remediation Fund Regulations, shall be
applied.

Remediation and
restoration of impacted
area

81. (1) Spill management and remediation chemicals or products intended for use within Nigeria and
its territorial waters shall be subjected to tests and approval by the Authority prior to use or
deployment.
(2) Use of exogenous microbes in remediation of any spill impacted sites in the midstream and
downstream industry is prohibited.
(3) Use of spill chemicals on land, coastal and inland waters is prohibited.
(4) The on-scene-commander shall obtain the approval of the Authority for the deployment of any
spill chemical in offshore water spills.
Use of spill management
and remediation
chemicals or products

PART XIV —DECOMMISSIONING AND ABANDONMENT

82. Midstream and downstream petroleum decommissioning and abandonment operations shall be
conducted in accordance with a decommissioning and abandonment plan (“Plan”) approved by the
Authority in compliance with these Regulations and the Act.

Decommissioning
and
Abandonment Plan
83. The requirement for a Plan shall apply to midstream and downstream petroleum operations
whether or not a plan was previously approved by any approving authority before the commencement
of the Act.

Pre-existing Plan
84. A licensee of an existing midstream or downstream petroleum facility shall, within 120 days of the
commencement of these Regulations, submit to the Authority a Plan made in accordance with these
Regulations.

Duty to Submit a Plan by
existing licensee
85. A person intending to construct a midstream or downstream petroleum facility shall, as part of its
application, submit to the Authority a Plan in accordance with these Regulations.

Duty to submit a Plan by
new licensee
86. A Plan shall state the annual amount to be contributed to the respective Fund set up by the
licensee in respect of any midstream and downstream petroleum operations that these Regulations
apply.
Annual contribution to the
decommissioning and
abandonment Fund