An Onshore receiving facility (ORF) is a gas receiving station comprising of equipments such as meters, filters and heaters. It mainly serves to measure the quantity of gas flowing through, to filter out any impurities and to heat the gas to the appropriate temperature for delivery to end users.

Gas in the offshore pipeline will flow through the ORF before entering the onshore gas pipeline network. ORF operators are entities that have operational control over the ORF, and must have a valid Gas Onshore Receiving Facility Operator License issued by EMA.