2019 Strategic Public Affairs Management Workshop for Public Affairs Staff of DPR taking place in Lagos. L-R: Mr. Mike Okereke, President, BEEC International, Chief Adetunji Oyebanji, Managing Director, 11 Plc ( formerly Mobil oil) and Mr. Paul Osu Head Public Affairs DPR        ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, weekend, vowed to play a key role in delivering the Federal Government’s strategic mandate for the Nigerian petroleum industry over the next four years. Speaking during a strategic management retreat in Abuja, Acting Director of the DPR, Mr. Ahmad Shakur, noted that on assumption of office, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chie...

Alhaja Muinat Bello-Zagi, Operations Controller, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Abeokuta Field Office, on Tuesday said that 70 per cent of gas facilities in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun were illegal. Bello-Zagi made this known while speaking at the 2nd Annual General Meeting of the DPR, Abeokuta Field Office, held in Abeokuta. The theme of the programme was “...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has assured consumers across the country that there won’t be queues caused by scarcity of petroleum products in filling stations at the festive period. DPR said the Federal Government had put all necessary measures in place to ensure adequate supply of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) and other products throughout the Yuletide. Speaking to th...

For discharging Petroleum products while sales were on,  the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Eket Field Office has sealed one of the filling stations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)  in Uyo. The Operations Controller of DPR in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Tamunoiminabo Kinsgley-Sundaye made the disclosure in Uyo on Thursday, while on routine surveillance within t...

The Ag. Director of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Mr. Ahmad Rufai Shakur, has inaugurated a committee at the DPR Head Office Lagos today. The membership is drawn from the private sector, academia and industry professionals who are expected to review and develope a framework for decommissioning requirements in Nigerià. The committee is to be chaired by Mr. Enorense Amadasu (Deputy Director...

The real owners of oil assets and firms in Nigeria will, for the first time in 61 years of oil production in the country, be unearthed. The framework for the disclosure and publication of owners of companies in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said at the weekend, had reached 80 per cent completion. The framework is being handled by a joint co...

The latest progress recorded by Nigeria in the transparency ranking for its oil and gas industry was buoyed by improved regulation by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Waziri Adio, who stated this during an official visit of Executive Secretary, Global Headquarters, Extractive Industry Trans...

The Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) has assured Nigerians of adequate supply of products across the country before, during and after the yuletide season. Acting Director of Operations, Abuja Zonal Office, Alhaji Idris Mohammed, disclosed this in Abuja on Sunday. “You can be rest assured that we cannot encounter the problem of scarcity during the yuletide season. “The Nige...