Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act, 2016 Act 919
Section 40: (1) A licence to install and operate a facility for transportation, treatment or storage of petroleum shall include (a) ownership of the facility; (b) the landing point, routing, dimension and capacity for other pipelines; (c) the main technical description and location for other facilities; and; (d) decommissioning plan. (2) The Minister may, when granting a licence to install and operate a facility, and at any subsequent point in time (a) stipulate tariffs set by the Commission for use of the facility; and (b) direct {i) the tie-in of the facility to another facility; (ii) an increase in capacity of the facility; (iii) a modification of the facility to enable its use for different types of petroleum; and (iv) the type of petroleum to be transported, treated or stored. (3) Directives in subsection (2) (b) shall not have the effect of unreasonably raising the costs or impeding the use of the facility as requested in the application or as granted by the Minister in an existing licence.
(4) The cost of implementation of the directives mentioned may be borne by the party in whose favour the directive was made or shall be taken into account when the tariff is stipulated. (5) The Minister shall appoint one of the licensees as operator and may approve a change of operator upon the request of the licensees or when there are significant reasons to do so. (6) The Minister shall grant the licence for a fixed period of time. (7) The licence may be extended on similar or new terms on application to the Minister.
Subject : Licencess(Petroleum)
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