The National Production Monitoring System recently deployed by the Department of Petroleum Resources as an accounting solution for crude oil and gas is expected to engender transparency, curb crude oil theft and also help the country ascertain its daily production, Ejiofor Alike reports A major challenge facing Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is crude theft, which has led to loss of bi...

Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Mr. Mordecai Ladan has restated his commitment to ensuring effective delivery of its regulatory mandate for the oil and gas industry. The DPR boss assured that the regulatory agency would exceed stakeholders’ expectations. Ladan was quoted to have given the assurance, in a statement signed by Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs of...

The Director of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan has received an award for “Commendable Leadership in the Public Sector” from TEXEM UK. The award which was presented to the Director in Abuja, is in recognition of the Director's outstanding contributions, inspiring regulatory leadership policies, interventions and stakeholder engagement with indus...

Shortly after his appointment as Minister of State, Petroleum Resources by President Muhammadu Buhari, Ibe Kachikwu gave the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)’s management the task of reforming the oil and gas industry to enhance transparency and accountability, restore public and investors’ confidence and set a frame work that would change the pace of managing and administering th...

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the sum of N1.4bn for the award of contract for the design of the Department of Petroleum Resources head office in Abuja. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja....

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) is compelled to publish this disclaimer alerting the general public to the activities of some unscrupulous persons who are using fake employment notices to deceive unsuspecting Nigerians into parting with huge sums of money for employment into the DPR. They do this by masquerading as recruitment agencies and issuing bogus "DPR recruitment forms...

DPR MAKES GIANT STRIDES IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR : Launches Real Time Crude Oil and LNG Tracking Initiatives.

 

Hon. Min. of State Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel I'be Kachikwu, holding a press conference at DPR Head office Lagos, to appraise the regulatory achievements of the DPR on critical milestones. Special focus is on DPR's digitization processes especially on "CRUDE OIL AND LNG TRACKING (COLT) TO FINAL DESTINATION". In attendance: DPR Top Management, Officials of the Ministry of Pe...

Inauguration of the "Data Analysis and Forensic Committee for Crude Oil and LNG Tracking to Final Destination" (COLT) by the Director DPR, represented by Mrs. Ibidun Toweh (Head, Engineering and Standards Division). In attendance were DPR Top Management Committee (TMC) Members and Staff of the Department.  ...