ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS

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ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS . FOR THE petroleum INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA. (EGASPIN). ISSUED BY. THE DEPARTMENT OF petroleum RESOURCES. LAGOS. 1991. REVISED EDITION 2002. COPYRIGHT: This document is the property of the Department of petroleum Resources, and the copyright therein is vested in Department of petroleum Resources, Nigeria. All rights reserved. Neither the whole nor any part of this document may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means (electronic, mechanical, reprographic recording or otherwise) without prior written consent of the copyright owner. FOREWORD. As one of its statutory functions, the Department of petroleum Resources is required to ensure that petroleum industry operators do not degrade the environment in the course of their operations. To effectively carry out these regulatory activities, the Department has been developing ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES and STANDARDS since 1981.

Part X Definitions and acronyms 305 v . LIST OF TABLES TABLE NOS. ... Petroleum Act 1969 which empowers the Minister of Petroleum Resources to make regulations for the prevention of pollution of water courses and the atmosphere. Some of the specific regulations include: the Petroleum (Drilling and Production) Regulations 1969, Sections 25 and ...

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