The DPR surveillance team from Abeokuta field office has sealed the NNPC STATION at Arepo , Ogun State for under dispensing of petrol to unsuspecting members of the public. The monitoring exercise which was conducted today was in response to intelligence reports from patriotic members of the public. According to the DPR Operations Controller, Abeokuta Mrs. Muinat Bello- Zagi all the twel...

The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has commended the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) for achieving digital technological breakthrough in crude oil accounting through the deployment of the National Production Monitoring System (NPMS) platform. Speaking during a working visit to the regulatory agency, the minister lauded the foresight and leadership of DPR...

The Honourable Minister of State Petroleum Resources (HMSPR) has commended the DPR for achieving digital technological breakthrough in crude oil accounting through the deployment of the National Production Monitoring System (NPMS) platform. The HMSPR who was on a working visit to the Department as part of his working tour of MDA’S UNDER THE Ministry, lauded the foresight of DPR in setti...

"MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 ACTIVATION DAY EVENT" Organised by DPR ICT & PAU in collaboration with Microsoft at the Head Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Lagos recently. The event was declared open by the representative of the Director, Engr. Moses T Ali(Deputy Director & Head Engineering & Standards Division DPR), in company of some Top Management Committee m...

The Nation’s Petroleum Regulatory Agency, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has introduced digital solution to its downstream operations – Automated Downstream System (ADS). The ADS is the migration of all licences and permits in downstream operations to digital platform. The affected licences and permits includes the Import/Export permit (IMPEX) for petroleum product, Retail ...

The head of the Public Affairs Unit (PAU) of the DPR, Mr. Paul Osu in company of the entire Public Affairs team, welcomed the new Executive of the National Association of Energy Correspondents (NAEC) on behalf of the Director of Petroleum Resources. The five-man delegation led by its new Chairman, Mr. Olatunde Dodondawa (Energy Editor for the Tribune Newspaper), used the visit to discus...

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Since it was transferred from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources as its technical arm and renamed the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) 30 years ago, issuance of licences, permits and renewals have been bedevilled with bureaucratic bottlenecks. The attendant effects have been delay in fuel imports, rig processing, construction ...

In a bid to carry out her mandate to monitor, enforce and discipline erring filling stations, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Imo State is not leaving any stone unturned in ensuring that motorists and residents in the state procure the premium motor spirit (PMS) at government approved prices of N145 per litre. The department has severally supervised the selling of the pro...