The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has identified six pillars critical to its strategy for Maximum Economic Recovery (MER) for Nigeria's oil and gas industry. Engr. Sarki Auwalu, Director and Chief Executive Officer, DPR, made the disclosure during a recent meeting with technical teams from the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Auwalu noted that the objective of MER was to ...

The Director/CEO DPR, Engr Sarki Auwalu, honoured the invitation of the Chief of the Naval Staff as a Special Guest, during the Chief of the Naval Staff Annual Conference (CONSAC) which held in the ancient city of Kano recently. The theme of the conference is: "Enhancing Nigeria's Maritime Security for Improved National Prosperity". The following photos tell the story. ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources, Lagos Zone, said on Friday that it sealed off 59 illegal cooking gas plants in the state from January to June this year. The Assistant Director, Operations, DPR, Lagos Zonal Office, Mrs Olubunmi Ogundare, disclosed this during a surveillance operation she led in Alimosho Local Government Area of the state. She said the affected Liquefied Petro...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says the Federal Government’s plans to increase the nation’s oil and gas reserves, are on course and being boosted by strategic policies and programmes. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR,  made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Osu said the national aspiration of Nigeria was to increase its reserves from 36.91 billion ba...

The Federal Government’s decision last year to declare the next ten years, a decade of gas revolution will indeed go down as a watershed in Nigeria’s giant strides to develop sustainable economic and infrastructural base capable of making it more competitive in an emerging global order. For most energy industry stakeholders, including those who had followed the nation’s oil and gas grow...

The Director/CEO, DPR Engr Sarki Auwalu received the Founder, Nigeria Entrepreneurship Summit Honors, Mr. Emeka Ugwu-Oju on a courtesy visit in Abuja on Friday. Mr. Ugwu-Oju stated that the purpose of his visit was to seek the Department's support for NESH activities in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Engr. Sarki restated that DPR is committed to the development of oil and gas...

The Director/ CEO, DPR Engr. Sarki Auwalu today received the Director- General, National Boundary Commission Mr. Adamu Adaji on a courtesy visit. The visit was to explore areas of synergy and collaboration with DPR in the areas of boundary matters and landmarks between Nigeria and neighboring countries and within Nigeria's geographical space Engr. Sarki Auwalu assured the Director-...

In its bid to wheel gas to consumers in the country, the Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) has licensed over 10,000Km of pipelines for the efficient delivery of gas from the licensed Oil and Gas assets in the country. Experts say this is part of efforts towards realising the “Decade of Gas” initiative. The DPR has always provided leadership across the entire hydrocarbon value cha...

The Director/CEO, Engr Sarki Auwalu received the “ Technical Paper Presenter” award from the team that represented DPR at the recently concluded Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) 2021. The award was presented to the team for an outstanding display of in-depth technical knowledge and quality delivery of paper titled “Red...