The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has alerted members of the public to the activities of some unscrupulous persons, who are circulating fake recruitment notices on Social Media. The DPR,  in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs, Mr Paul Osu, on Monday in Lagos, noted that their motive was to deceive unsuspecting Nigerians into parting with huge sums of money for ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources, Gombe State field office, has organised a technical session for its oil and gas technical partners in the state. The Controller, DPR Gombe field office, Mr Yahaya Maishera, said the technical session, which took place on Monday, was necessary, adding that some technical partners were given permits to render services to the oil and gas industr...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says over 600 companies have applied to be prequalified for the ongoing bid rounds of 57 marginal oilfields in the country. Mr Auwalu Sarki, Director of DPR,  made the disclosure while speaking on Tuesday in a television programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that a marginal field is any field that has r...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in collaboration with its stakeholders announces the postponement of the 19th edition of the International HSE Biennial Conference previously scheduled to hold from the 23rd – 25th November 2020 in Abuja. This decision was reached after careful consideration of the safety of our stakeholders and participants in light of the ongoing COVID-19...

We kindly invite our valuable STAKEHOLDERS  to a webinar organised in collaboration with the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE). This online event is scheduled to hold as follows:   DATE:                WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY 2020 TIME:                 11:00 AM (WEST CENTRAL AFRICA) PLATFORM:       ZOOM   THEME:              "NIGERIAN MARGINAL FIELD BID R...

If the Federal Government succeeds with its on-going bid rounds for the 57 marginal oilfields being offered to investors, it might be able to attract about $5.7billion into the economy. Although the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) did not put a specific cost to each oilfield, the regulator however said the fields have lower cost of investment of between $50 and $100 million, a...

The Director/CEO DPR, Engr. Sarki Auwalu MNSE will be speaking at the forthcoming GLOBAL E&P SUMMIT organized by IN-VR LIMITED on 2nd July 2020 @ 11:30 am (West Central Africa). The summit will feature leaders of National Regulatory Agencies, Heads of NOCs, major IOCs, Government Ministries, Hydrocarbon Agencies from across the world and key decision makers in global oil and gas b...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says there will not be a repeat of past mistakes made in previous exercises in the ongoing bid rounds for 57 marginal oilfields in the country. Mr Auwalu Sarki, Director, DPR, gave the assurance on Monday while delivering a keynote address at the Africa Marginal Oilfield and Independent Producers Webinar Conference. A marginal field is an...

Director/CEO Department of Petroleum Resources Engr. Sarki Auwalu MNSE delivering the Keynote Address at Africa Marginal Oilfield and Independent Producers Webinar Conference. Topic: Creating a sustainable and Reliable Domestic Oil and Gas Industry .  ...