The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) recently hosted a one-day forum with product depot owners to deliberate on safety and security. Mr Oliver Okparaojiako, Head Downstream DPR, who represented the Director of Petroleum Resources stated that the objective of the interactive session was to deliberate how to enhance security at oil installations, especially product depots, through ...

Equitable allocation of crude oil losses between Operators and Third Party Injectors often constitutes a major challenge in the implementation of Crude (oil) Handling Agreements (CHA) The knotty issues on CHAs mostly revolve around: Methods for determining Net Oil from the operators flow-stations to the terminals in the pipeline network Methods for sharing pipeline losses A joint DPR...

The Public Affairs Unit of the Department of Petroleum Resources organized a one-day training program for journalists who cover the oil and gas sector. According to the Head of Public Affairs, Ms. Dorothy Bassey, the objective of the training, which held on Monday June 30, 2014 at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos, was to give a broader insight into the scope of DPR’s activities and func...

Chief Assam Ekanem Assam (SAN), Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation has advised foreign investors to avail themselves of the opportunities in Nigeria, reiterating that the country’s vast gas resources present enormous potentials. The Ambassador was speaking at the cocktail/dinner during the Nigeria’s Investment Night at the just concluded 21st World Petroleum Congress (WPC). T...

The Management of DPR recently announced the establishment of Safety & Environment and Engineering & Standards Divisions, and redeployment of Mr. Mordecai Ladan and Engr. Alfred Ohiani as Head of the divisions, respectively. Before the redeployment Mr. Ladan was Head, Gas Division. Engr. Ohiani Head, Planning Division. Management explained that the newly-created Divisions would ...

A delegation from the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON) led by its Acting Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Ms Taiwo Bammodu recently paid a courtesy visit to the Director of Petroleum Resources, Mr. George Osahon. Ms. Bammodu stated that their mission in DPR was to synergize with the Department as the regulator of the Nigerian oil and gas industry, familiarise with its...

Two staff of Ghana’s downstream regulatory agency, the National Petroleum Authority, GNPA were in the Department of Petroleum Resources from April 11- 17, 2014 to study the operations and regulatory procedures of the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The curriculum of the week long exercise covered the entire value chain of downstream regulations Nigeria; including ...

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to Geological science, the Director of Petroleum Resources, Mr. George Osahon was awarded the Fellowship of the Nigerian Mining & Geological Society (NMGS) at the Society’s recently concluded Annual Congress in Benin-City, Edo State. NMGS highlighted his sterling achievements as a Geologist and an administrator especially during his car...

As part of its ongoing CSR initiative, some DPR officials were recently in Gbara Community Senior & Junior Secondary School, Jakande-Lekki Lagos, to give career talks spanning various discipline;  including engineering, technology, mathematics and law. The talks were targeted at the graduating classes of JS3 and SS3 students. For the SS3 students to equip them with information needed...