This is to announce that the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO)Trinity fire which occurred at Ukpokiti field OML 108 has been successfully extinguished. The commission will commence Joint investigation Visit (JIV) with relevant stakeholders immediately in line with our regulatory oversight function for Upstream Operations. The Commission will further deploy its incid...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)wish to announce that an explosion leading to a major fire on an evacuation vessel at ukpokiti field (OML 108) in Ondo State was reported by our operations team on Wednesday 2nd February 2022. The Commission in line with its statutory regulatory oversight of Upstream Petroleum operations in the Nigerian oil and gas industry ...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is set to host all eligible awardees who have fully or partly complied with signature bonus payment in the 2020 marginal field programme (MFBR) at a forum slated for Thursday, 27th January 2022 at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja.   The objective of the engagement forum is to state the policy position of the commission fo...

The attention of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has been drawn to reports in some newspaper publications indicating that the Senate Committee on Public Accounts expects the NUPRC to respond to allegations of non remittance of funds into the Consolidated Revenue Fund by the defunct Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF). The Commission wishes to state that the...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) wishes to announce the successful stoppage of the Santa Barbara Oil spill at Nembe Creek in Bayelsa State. The Well operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company has been 'killed ' through the professional deployment of appropriate technology and effective collaboration with all stakeholders by the commission...

Some crew members are currently missing as a result of an explosion that hit a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel belonging to Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited (SEPCOL) offshore Nigeria. An unconfirmed report has it that a yet to be ascertained number of workers were missing in the FPSO Trinity Spirit explosion, which occurred around Escravos, of...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) Thursday disclosed that it had commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the explosion of a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel in Warri, Delta State. The vessel with a capacity to process up to 22,000 barrels of oil per day, inject up to 40,000 barrels of water per day and store 2 ...

Lagos, Feb. 5, 2022 (NAN) The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and other relevant stakeholders have embarked on a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) to the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility which exploded on Wednesday. The NUPRC confirmed the development in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repor...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission is exploring all available options to ensure Nigeria meets its 40 billion barrels oil reserve and three million barrels per day production targets and ultimately boost the nation’s revenue and overall economy, Peter Uzoho writes Oil price is on its way to the $100 per barrel mark projected by some analysts, as it traded at $95 per ...