The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has denied reports of resuming the supply of kerosene product to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depots in Calabar after 25 years. Operations Controller of DPR in Cross River, Mr Philip Awolu, who spoke  on Friday in Calabar, said the publication by some media houses were not accurate. Awolu said that the management of ...

The Director/CEO of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Engr. Sarki Auwalu MNSE, welcomed a high level delegation from EXXONMOBIL to his office in Lagos yesterday. The delegation was led by Mr. Paul McGrath, Chairman & Managing Director, ExxonMobil Companies in Nigeria, Mrs. Eme Udom, General Manager Venture Relations & Nigerian Content and Mr. Deji Oladunni, Manager, R...

Following the recent gas explosion in Kaduna which left many dead and several others injured, the Niger State Operations office of the Department of Petroleum Resources( DPR) has sealed off no fewer than nine Gas  stations in Minna, the state capital. The stations all in Minna, were sealed off during a surveillance exercise carried out by the department in Minna on Thursday. Speaking...

The Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Engr. Sarki Auwalu MNSE, played host to the Managing Director/Chief Executive of TOTAL E&P Nigeria Limited, Mr. Mike Sangster and delegation at the DPR Head office in Lagos. The Chief Executive of TOTAL was accompanied by senior officials of TOTAL E&P NIG. LTD. EGM Egina close out/ Preowei Project, EGM OSS, Mr Alex Agedo, M...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has decried the activities of pipeline vandals whose nefarious act torched parts of the corporation’s pipeline network in Abule Egba area of Lagos State on Sunday which claimed lives and properties of innocent Nigerians. Fielding questions on an NTA morning talk show: ‘Goodmorning Nig...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday said it was investigating with other relevant stakeholders the Jan. 19 pipeline explosion at Ile Epo, in Abule Egba axis of Lagos State. The DPR, which is the regulator of the petroleum industry, made the announcement in a statement posted on its website. NAN reports that five persons were confirmed dead while several vehicles a...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Eket Field Office, Akwa Ibom State has sealed 31 illegal gas stations in the state. The Operations Controller of DPR in the state, Mr Tamunoiminabo Kingsley-Sundaye said yesterday in an interview in Eket Local Government Area that the exercise was carried out between 9th and 16th January. He said the illegal gas stations were sealed in Ek...

Eight days after 15 illegal Liquefied Petroleum Gas stations operating without a license in Osun State were shut, another 10 of such stations were on Sunday sealed off by the Department of Petroleum Resources, Osogbo field Office. The DPR’s Operations Controller, Ademola Makinde, who broke the news to journalists in Osogbo, expressed concern over the proliferation of illegal gas plant...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has urged Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plant operators to take necessary measures to ensure the safety of end-users of cooking gas in Kaduna State. The DPR North West Zonal Operational Controller, Mr Isa Tafida, gave the task at a one-day stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting on Wednesday in Kaduna. Tafida said relevant agencies were takin...