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CONTRAVENTION 
PENALTY 
Midstream Petroleum 
Operations  
Downstream Petroleum 
Operations  
 
 
USD 
NGN 
10. 
Unauthorised storage of waste within and 
outside operational areas 
50,000.00 
5,000,000.00 
11. 
Failure to conduct Environmental 
Compliance Monitoring  
10,000.00 
1,000,000.00 
12. 
Failure to submit Environmental 
Compliance Monitoring report 
10,000.00 
 
1,000,000.00 
13. 
Conduct of Environmental Compliance 
Monitoring without the participation of the 
Authority. 
10,000.00 
 
1,000,000.00 
14. 
Failure to conduct pre-shipment inspection 
for a new technology 
100,000.00 
5,000,000 
15. 
Failure to emplace adequate or reasonable 
measures to avoid spillages 
100,000.00 
1,000,000.00 
16. 
Failure to report a spill incident  
 80,000.00 
8,000,000.00 
17. 
Late reporting of spill incidents 
25,000+ 1,000 for each day of 
late reporting 
2,500,000 + 100,000 for each day 
of late reporting 
18. 
Making false or incomplete representations 
regarding the cause or volume of spills 
100,000.00 
5,000,000.00 
19. 
Failure to convene a Joint Investigation 
Visit (JIV) with the Authority in participation  50,000.00 
5,000,000.00 
20. 
Failure to clean-up spill impacted site 
  25,000.00 per site 
2,500,000 per site 
21. 
Failure to conduct post impact assessment   25,000.00 
2,500,000.00 
22. 
Use of approved spill or remediation 
products without the consent of the 
Authority 
  25,000.00 
    
2,500,000.00 
23. 
Use of unapproved spill or remediation 
products 
  50,000.00 
 
5,000,000.00