19 Aug 2019

"DPR Technical Sensitization Workshop on Quality Improvement of Environmental Impact Studies in line with Current Oil and Gas Industry Regulations". The sensitisation program is been facilitated by the Zonal Operations Controller DPR Lagos, Mr. Wole Akinyosoye and Operations Controllers within the Zone. The workshop which took place at the Radisson Blu Anchorage hotel, was organise...

17 Aug 2019

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Eket Field Office in Akwa Ibom, says it has uncovered seven illegal filling stations in the state. The Operations Controller of DPR in the Akwa Ibom state, Tamunoiminabo Kingsley-Sundaye, made the disclosure at the end of the organisation’s routine surveillance in Uyo on Friday. Kingsley-Sundaye said that the illegal stations were uncover...

07 Aug 2019

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) received an award for participating in the 2019 Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) organised by SPENC. The award was presented by the SPE International President, Sami Alnuaim, the Nigeria Council Chairman Debo Fagbami and other Council members. During the Conference, one of the Engineers with the Department Fr...

07 Aug 2019

The Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR), has sealed 53 filling stations and 4 gas stations in Kaduna state for various offences. Isa Tafida, Zonal Operations Controller, Kaduna Zone, disclosed this in Kaduna on Tuesday, during the department’s routine surveillance on filling and gas stations in Kaduna state. According to Tafida, the exercise which took place in the month of Ju...

07 Aug 2019

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has opened an office in Awka and warned operators in the oil and gas (downstream) in Anambra to play by the rules or face sanctions The Operations Controller at the DPR office in Awka Mr. Ignatius Anyanwu said in an interview that the agency had commenced full operations in the state. He said the office was created in the last quarter of ...

05 Aug 2019

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) endorses the Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Nigeria Council (SPENC). The 3 day event which commenced today, up untill Wednesday 7th August 2019 has brought together major decision makers, Captains of Industry and Professionals to discuss comtemporary Oil and Gas issues in ...

01 Aug 2019

The Director of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ahmad Shakur paid a pre-commissioning visit to the Niger Delta Petroleum Refinery Train 11 project as part of DPR's regulatory oversight of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. The train 11 project is meant to scale up the refining capacity of the marginal field operator from its current one thousand barrels per day to six thousand barrels per ...