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PETROLEUM INDUSTRY ACT, NO. 6, 2021 
MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM OPERATIONS REGULATIONS, 2024 
 
 
CHAPTER 1 
MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM OPERATIONS 
 
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ent 
In the exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 33 of the 
Petroleum Industry Act, No. 6, 2021 (“the Act”) and all other powers 
enabling it in that behalf, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream 
Petroleum Regulatory Authority (the “Authority”), makes these Regulations 
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1. The objectives of these Regulations are to - 
(a) 
regulate the operations of companies in the Nigerian 
midstream and downstream petroleum sector;  
(b) 
provide the procedure for the grant of licences, permits, 
authorisations and payment of fees for midstream and 
downstream petroleum operations; 
(c) 
regulate activities for the transportation, loading, lifting, 
shipment and export of natural gas or its derivatives and 
petroleum liquids in Nigeria; 
 
(d) 
prohibit illegal and unauthorised activities connected with 
natural gas or its derivatives and petroleum liquids in Nigeria;  
 
(e) 
regulate and ensure accurate measurement and allocation of 
natural gas or its derivatives and petroleum liquids; 
(f) 
determine the basis for calculating revenue accruing to 
government, licensees, contractors and other parties in 
midstream and downstream petroleum operations; 
(g) 
provide for the licensing of pipelines for natural gas, petroleum 
liquids and other process fluids within the Nigerian midstream 
and downstream petroleum industry; 
(h) 
regulate the construction and operation of pipelines used for 
transportation, distribution, storage and sale of natural gas, 
petroleum liquids and other process fluids in the Nigerian 
midstream and downstream petroleum industry; 
Objectives