The Deputy Director, Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Division, Department of Petroleum Resources Dr. Musa Zagi and Mr. Paul Osu, Head Public Affairs of the DPR were the guest speakers on the DPR HALF HOUR PROGRAM. The focus of today’s program was on “The 18th International Biennial Conference on the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria” scheduled to hold from the 26th – 28th of Nove...

The Department of Petroleum Resources in Cross River State, has cautioned depot owners against selling petroleum products to unlicensed marketers. Mr Bassey Nkanga, DPR Operations Controller in the state, gave the warning on Thursday, in Calabar during a meeting with depot owners operating at the Calabar tank farm. Nkanga explained that selling petroleum to unlicensed marketers c...

In line with DPR’s statutory regulatory oversight mandate for the oil and gas sector, the underlisted policy initiatives have been launched by DPR to promote transparency, accountability and efficiency in the Nigerian oil and gas sector: This was the focus on the weekly “DPR Half Hour” Radio program on Radio Nigeria Lagos. The guests on the program today were Messrs; Benjamin Ewuga (Man...

The Department of Petroleum Resources has intensified it's digitalisation process to cover Petroleum Products import and exports permit (IMPEX),, Retail outlets and marketing licenses (ROMS), Coastal vessel licenses (CVL), Lube blending plants licences (LBL) and Refinery plant licences (RPL). The Assistant Director, ICT Mr. Lukeman Ayorinde Cardoso stated this at the the weekly ' DPR ...

As part of moves to curb fuel scarcity during the Yuletide, the Department of Petroleum Resources says it will suspend errant marketers for six months if they hoard Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, and other products during the period. The Head, Downstream Monitoring and Regulations, DPR, Ijeoma Onyeri, stated this on Thursday in Abeokuta at the first Annual General Me...

Sen. Bassey Albert, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Gas, on Thursday said that the Senate would pass the Gas Flaring Prohibition Bill before the end of the year. Albert gave this hint in Lagos when he led his members on oversight functions to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). He said the bill was currently on the third reading and would be given accelerated attention t...

The Federal government earned the sum of N6,671,081,710,411.26 as oil revenue between 2010 and 2017,the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR),said in its 2017 Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Annual Report yesterday. At its launch in Lagos,the DPR indicated in the report that the revenue were realized from oil and gas royalty, gas flare penalty, concession rentals and miscellaneous oil...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday launched Value Monitoring and Benchmarking (VMB) to promote transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector. Mr Mordecai Ladan, the Director of DPR, said in Lagos at the launch that the VMB of oil and gas assets development was part of DPR’s regulatory oversight function. Ladan, represented by Mrs Pat Mesali, Head, Up...

The Head Downstream Division, Mrs Ijeoma Onyeri and Mr. Bashir Sadiq (Asst. Director, Products Depots &Jetties) were the guest speakers on the DPR HALF HOUR RADIO PROGRAM on Radio Nigeria on October 24 2018. The duo led by Mrs. Onyeri, Deputy Director and Head Downstream of the DPR, reassured stakeholders that the Department has taken necessary proactive steps to ensure the availa...