Section 1: Duty to submit preliminary programme for gas re-injection.

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 42 of the Petroleum (Drilling and Production) Regulations made under the Petroleum Act, every company producing oil and gas in Nigeria, shall not later than 1 April, 1980 submit to the Minister a preliminary programme for-
(a) schemes for the viable utilisation of all associated gas produced from a field or groups of fields;
(b) project or projects to re-inject all gas produced in association with oil but not utilised in an industrial project.