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“GCP” means Gas Conditioning Plants; 
“Greenfield Conformity Assessment” means the activity of verifying that a 
standard or technical specification was applied in the design, fabrication, 
construction and installation of a facility, an equipment or system during 
development. 
“Modification” 
“Greenhouse gases” means gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and 
majorly emanate from combustion of fuels or as fugitive releases “GTF” 
means Gas to Fertilizer; 
“GTL” means Gas to Liquid; 
“Hydrocarbon Processing Facilities” means facilities used for processing 
hydrocarbon liquids and gas (excluding blending plants, emulsion 
processing facilities, waste recycling plants) such as crude oil refineries, 
petrochemical facilities, gas processing facilities, fertilisers, gas derivative 
plant, LNG, GTL and other gas processing facilities, FPSO, Floating 
Processing Facilities etc.; 
 “Hydrocarbon refining facility” means crude oil refining plants, natural 
gas processing plants, conditioning plants, treatment plants, gas refining 
plants, petrochemical plants and any other plants for the processing of 
crude oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbon into products or other 
derivatives. 
“Hydrocarbon Refining Plant” means process plant or facility by which 
crude oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbon are processed or 
transformed into usable petroleum products or derivatives 
“Industrial Gas Storage and Utilisation” means industrial storage facilities 
for internal consumption or utilisation; 
Industrial Petroleum Liquid Storage and Utilisation means industrial storage 
facilities for internal consumption or utilisation of petroleum liquids, 
petroleum liquid products etc.; 
"inspector" means a representative of the Authority, or any other person 
appointed in writing by the Authority to represent the Nigerian Midstream 
and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority; 
"inspection" means examination of a product, process or installation to 
assess or determine its conformity with specific or general requirements;  
"instrument" means a device used for measurement and calibration;