The Petroleum Industries Bill has been under consideration at the National Assembly for more than a year. Find all the latest documents here.

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Petroleum Industries Bill information page

PIB Downloads

This page seeks to bring together information that has been collected on the PIB so that a more informed debate can take place about the bill and its provisions.

The downloads on this page include the most recent version of the bill that can be found (800 pages with annotations), older versions of the bill, and submissions made by various parties.

Other useful information websites:

>> Nigerian Presendential Task Force on Power

>> Commonwealth Business Council - Presidential Retreat for Power Sector Investors

Latest Senate version of PIB to download

This is the latest Senate version of the PIB.

Latest House of Representatives version of PIB to download

This is the latest House of Representatives version of the PIB which has been circulating since the new National Assembly convened in June.

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Revenue Watch International: Nigeria's Petroleum Industry Bill: Improving sector performance through strong transparency and accountability provisions

Social Action: The PIB - Issues of concern to communities and civil society

Latest PIB news: PIB to become law before May 29

Background

The Petroleum Industries Bill has been under consideration at the National Assembly for more than a year, amidst controversy over its commercial provisions and a great deal of lobbying from interested parties. There has been only limited public debate and a great deal of confusion because of the differing versions of the bill in circulation.

October 14 2010: The Transnational Crisis Project have produced a report: Granting Niger Deltans a "stake" in oil to reduce conflict which examines the issues.

Social Action, a partner of SDN, has been working to ensure that community concerns are taken into account in relevant sections of the massive bill. Their report on the bill can be found here and further reporting can be expected from them in the closing weeks of the consideration of the bill.

One key issue that has been raised by the Federal Government has not yet appeared in the bill but may be inserted at a late stage. In 2008 the Presidency proposed that communities would gain a 10% share in joint ventures operating in the Niger Delta but there were few specifics and the proposal has not been publicly updated.

The proposal outline prepared for the Federal Government can be found here. Meanwhile, Washington based Transnational Crisis Project have published an information paper discussing options for the Federal Government. Revenue Watch have also produced a report on the PIB and its implications.

Both Social Action and ICP plan to update their work in the coming weeks before the National Assembly resumes.

We hope to update this page regularly as more information becomes available.

Download the following official Petroleum Industries Bill documents:

October 2010: Latest Government Memorandum on Petroleum Industries Bill (pdf 3.2mb)
This is the Explanatory Memorandum of the Government Memorandum on the Petroleum Industry Bill ("PIB"), 2009. The Government Memorandum is a comprehensive proposal to amend the PIB submitted in 2009 and is based in part on the original work of the OGIC.

Government Memorandum on Petroleum Industries Bill - Early draft of PIB (doc 1.3mb)

Scan of latest version of the Petroleum Industries Bill (pdf 18.7mb)

For those on low bandwidth connections the Bill has been split into 3 files:

Scan of latest version of the Petroleum Industries Bill part 1 (pdf 8mb)
Scan of latest version of the Petroleum Industries Bill part 2 (pdf 7mb)
Scan of latest version of the Petroleum Industries Bill part 3 (pdf 4mb)