Nigeria's Senate has officially passed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) on July 1 2021. The PIB seeks to provide legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian Petroleum Industry and development of Host Communities.
The PIB contains 5 Chapters, 319 Sections and, 8 Schedules dealing with Rights of Preemption; Incorporated Joint Ventures; Domestic Base Price and Pricing Framework; Pricing Formula for Gas Price for the Gas Based Industries; Capital Allowances; Production Allowances and Cost Price Ratio Limit; Petroleum Fees, Rents and Royalty; and Creation of the Ministry of Petroleum Incorporated.
This article shares the top 20 changes to Nigeria's Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) recently passed by the National Assembly.