Ibrahim Ciroma, Adamawa state operations controller of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), says the number of trucks entering Adamawa on a daily basis has reduced from 100 to between 30 and 40.  Ciroma said this while on an inspection tour of villages in Bele, Maiha local government area and Gurin in Fufore local government area of the state.  He said closure had ended fue...

The hall was full to its capacity and the venue was Etsu NUPE International Centre, Doko International Hotel, Minna- Niger State. The theme of the AGM was Safe Operations and Regulatory Compliance in the Oil and Gas Industry. In his address, the Operations Controller, Minna Field Office, Engr. Abdullahi Isah Jankara thanked all the participants for honouring our invitation. He reitera...

The Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) has launched its new guidelines of operations for the upstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The regulatory document is part of efforts geared towards limiting the cost of oil production in the country by five per cent, as demanded by the federal government and to make companies focus more on exploration. The new guidelines ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday sealed off four Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants, over non-compliance and illegal operations in Lagos. Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), which collaborated with the DPR in the exercise, also arrested three employees of the sealed LPG — also known as cooking gas — plants. The gas stations ...

The President of the federal Republic of Nigeria, Mohammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Engineer Sarki Auwalu as the substantive Director of the Department Petroleum Resources. Engr. Sarki is a chemical engineer and he joined the services of DPR in 1998 as a Principal chemical engineer. He is a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and had his post graduate at Bayero...

Key Stakeholders in Upstream Sector of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry [E&P Companies and Rig & Vessel Owners] to a One day Sensitization Workshop...

The Jos Field Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Federal Fire Service have cautioned stakeholders in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as well as consumers of domestic gas to exercise optimum safety measures in handling the product, especially during this yuletide and harmattan season. DPR has also advised citizens against panic buying of Premium Motor Spi...

There are indications that the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) will by first quarter of next year, show its scorecard on some priority agendas the Federal Government is working to reposition the oil and gas sector in the next four years. At a meeting held in Abuja to fast-track its part of the government strategies, Acting Director DPR, Ahmad Shakur, who met with top managemen...

Pictures from the 2019 Strategic Public Affairs Management Workshop, Day 2.   [caption id="attachment_8370" align="alignnone" width="1024"] L-R: Mr. Mike Okereke, President, BEEC International, Mr. Udom Inoyo, Executive Vice Chairman, Exxon Mobil, and Mr. Paul osu Head Public Affairs DPR at the 2019 strategic public affairs workshop for DPR in Lagos[/caption]   ...