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CONTRAVENTION 
PENALTY 
Midstream Petroleum 
Operations  
Downstream Petroleum 
Operations  
 
 
USD 
NGN 
11.  
Inability to provide necessary records and 
information on demand as statutorily 
prescribed 
5,000 per infraction 
 
1,500,000 per infraction 
12.  
Failure to establish processes and 
systems around facility operations 
5,000 per procedure 
 
1,500,000.00 per procedure 
13.  
Failure of a manager to comply with these 
Regulations 
5,000 per procedure 
1,500,000 per infraction 
 
DECOMMISSIONING AND ABANDONMENT 
1. 
Failure to submit Plan within prescribed 
time frame 
100,000 per facility 
2,500,000 per facility 
2. 
Failure to establish Fund within prescribed 
time frame 
100,000 per facility 
2,500,000 per facility 
3.  
Failure to contribute to the Fund in the 
manner prescribed in the approved Plan 
under these Regulations, three months 
after payment is due 
one year contribution to the 
Authority in addition to the sum 
due and payable to the Fund for 
the period. 
one year contribution to the 
Authority in addition to the sum due 
and payable to the Fund for the 
period. 
4.  
Commencement of or carrying out any 
Programme without the approval of the 
Authority 
200,000 per facility 
 
5,000,000 per facility 
 
 
 
Made at Abuja this ...................... day of ................ 2025 
 
 
............................................................ 
Engr. Farouk Ahmed 
Authority Chief Executive 
Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority