This article will be focused on the requirements and procedures outlined by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission ( The NUPRC or “The Commission”) for the following permits :-
– Permits to drill gas Wells.
– Permits for gas well initial completion.
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– Permits for gas well workover and pre-entry.
Permits To Drill Gas Wells
– This permit is valid for 6 months and must be revalidated if work does not commence.
– The application shall conform with the Petroleum (Drilling & Production) Regulations & their subsequent amendments and shall contain among others the following :-
a). Well name and well engineering.
b). Surface & subsurface coordinates.
c). Contractor, rig name and validity.
d). Location (OPL/OML) identification.
e). Spud date.
f). Casing, cementing, mould and logging programmes.
g). Cost estimates.
h). Structural maps on a scale of 1:25,000.
i). Geological prognosis.
j). Pore pressure prediction study.
k). Proposed depth or TD.
l). Seismic sections/maps in cases of exploration and appraisal wells.
m). An applicable fee payment to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
Permits For Gas Well Initial Completion – Requirements & Procedures
– All applications seeking a permit for initial completion should conform with the Petroleum Drilling & Production Regulations and shall routinely contain among the following –
1). The well must have been drilled as approved by the commission.
2). Well name & number.
3). Name of hoist and owner.
4). Proposed completion of schematic, well clean-up and completion type.
5). Final well drilling report.
6). Proposed completion intervals.
7). Cost estimates for the completion work.
8). Applicable statutory fee payment to NUPRC.
Permits For Gas Well Workover and Pre-Entry – Requirements
- Name & number of well.
- Name of hoist and owner.
- Reason for re-entry or workover.
- Detailed or sketched outline of job proposed.
- Well history & well logs.
- Drainage pattern of the relevant sands.
- Current completion of schematics.
- Proposed completion schematics.
- Remaining reserves of the sand completed in the well.
- Cost estimates of the work over.
- A statutory fee payment to the NUPRC.