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100. The Authority shall enforce compliance to the decommissioning and abandonment 
provisions of these Regulations in the following manner —   
(a) where a licence has expired, surrendered, or terminated and no decommissioning 
and abandonment has been executed by the licensee, or where there is an 
unfulfilled decommissioning and abandonment obligation, the Authority shall 
require the former licensee to execute the decommissioning and abandonment in 
accordance with the previously approved Plan; and 
(b) where a licence has been assigned or transferred by the licensee prior to the 
execution of any decommissioning and abandonment obligation provided for in a 
Plan, the obligation to execute the Plan relating to the licence shall be enforced 
against the transferee of the licence.  
Enforcement by the 
Authority  
 
101. (1) The Authority, where it revokes a licence, may – 
 
(a) impose restrictions on the disposal of the facility; or  
 
(b) direct in writing that the licensee refrain from conducting a specific Programme 
regarding the facility. 
(2) The former licensee under sub-regulation (1) shall, deliver the facility, in the present condition, 
to the third party designated by the Authority, and the licensee shall be relieved of any future 
obligation relating to decommissioning and abandonment of such facility and any remaining 
amount in the Fund shall be transferred to the Authority for the purpose of future 
decommissioning and abandonment of the facility. 
(3) The Authority shall, notwithstanding the provision of sub-regulation (2), take necessary action 
to recover from the former licensee any shortfall in contribution to the Fund where there is 
no designated third party and the licensee’s contribution is not sufficient to cover the cost of 
the Programme. 
 
Restrictions on the 
disposal of revoked asset 
 
102. (1) The Authority shall keep and maintain a database of midstream and downstream petroleum 
facilities or infrastructure onshore, swamp and offshore Nigeria.   
 
(2) The database shall —  
 
 (a) include a list of all installations, structures and pipelines used in the operations and 
their status;  
(b) be a public document and be published on the website of the Authority; and 
(c) be subject to annual review and update by the Authority. 
(3) A licensee shall submit to the Authority in the prescribed format and within the specified time 
information relating to its midstream and downstream petroleum operations installations, 
structures, utilities, plants, pipelines, processing or other facilities for maintenance, review, 
and update of the database. 
(4) The Authority may issue annual publications of the database to the public. 
Database of installations, 
structure, and assets