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CONTRAVENTION 
PENALTY 
Midstream Petroleum 
Operations  
Downstream Petroleum 
Operations  
 
 
USD 
NGN 
24.  
Failure to carry out geochemical 
characterisation or fingerprinting of 
petroleum liquid as statutorily required. 
  25,000.00 
    
2,500,000.00 
25. 
Use and sales of unapproved industry 
chemical or product 
 25,000.00 
2,500,000.00 
26. 
Failure to submit quarterly sales reports by 
Chemical Vendors, Licensee or permit 
holder (procurement, consumption & 
stock/balance) for Chemical regulations 
and tracking. 
20,000.00 
 
1,000,000.00 
27. 
Operating a Laboratory without 
accreditation by the Authority  
 5,000.00 
     1,000,000.00 
28. 
Falsification or alteration of results by 
Laboratory 
5,000.00 
     1,000,000.00 
29. 
Postponement of annual HSE Audit and 
SRCP Activation Exercise without 
authorisation by the Authority. 
50,000.00 
 
5,000,000.00 
30 
Failure to conduct the annual HSE audit 
and SRCP Activation exercise as 
scheduled without authorisation by the 
Authority. 
100,000.00 
 
10,000,000.00 
31. 
Failure to submit an updated SRCP 
document within the stipulated period 
 25,000.00 
1,000,000.00 
32. 
Failure to close out identified audit issues 
within the stipulated time provided by the 
Authority. 
25,000.00 
 
2,500,000.00 
33. 
Failure to remediate spill impacted sites in 
accordance with the guidelines issued by 
the Authority. 
100,000.00 
20,000,000.00  
 
34. 
Failure to update the Authority on the 
numbers and status of spill impacted sites  
  50,000.00  
10,000,000.00