The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has said any regulations administered by the Defunct Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in respect of midstream and downstream operations have been revoked in the proposed Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Operations Regulations 2024.
It also revoked the Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulations 2023 and all other regulations published in the Federal Gazette that have been consolidated into the 2024 Regulation and Petroleum Refining Regulations of 1974.
This was contained in the document titled: “Structure of the Midstream and Downstream Regulations 2024,” presented by NMDPRA Secretary and Legal Adviser, Dr. Joseph Tolorunse yesterday in Abuja during stakeholders consultative forum on the proposed Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Operations Regulations 2024.
The draft also says license permit and authorization application and processing fees are moved to the Midstream and Downstream Fees Regulation draft.
“Any regulations administered by the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources in respect of Midstream and Downstream Petroleum operations are hereby revoked,” he said.
Also speaking at the forum, the NMDPRA Chief Executive, Engr. Farouk Ahmed said the Ministry of Justice will vet the draft and the government office which gazettes regulations will publish it.
Represented by the Executive Director, Distribution Systems, Storage and Retailing Infrastructure (DSSRI), Mr. Ogbagu Ukoha, he said, “After today’s job is done, we will have to sit down with the Federal Ministry of Justice who will look at it, cross the Ts, dot the Is, and then the requisite government office that gazettes regulations will publish it.”
He earlier said the NMDPRA has received the approval of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobri and that of the MInister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo to publish the Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Fees Regulations
The Authority boss said the proposed 2024 Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Operations Regulations (Operations Regulations) consolidates twelve of the Authority’s earlier gazetted or published Regulations into a single document.
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