The Director/CEO, DPR Engr Sarki Auwalu received the Publisher and Editor in Chief, Valuechain magazine, Mr Musa Bashir and his delegation at the Department of Petroleum Resources Head office, Abuja today. The visit was to explore areas of mutual collaboration between DPR and Valuechain especially in the areas of accurate dissemination of information to stakeholders in the overall int...

The Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Mr. Sarki Auwalu, has reiterated the commitment of the organisation to support investments in the oil and gas industry to the benefit of all stakeholders. Auwalu stated this when a delegation from Portland Gas in company with their technical partners from Turkey, Negmar Shipping Investment paid him a visit in his office in Abuja to...

The Director/CEO, DPR, Engr. Sarki Auwalu has reiterated the commitment of DPR to support investments in the oil and gas industry for all stakeholders. He stated this commitment when a delegation from Portland Gas in company of their technical partners from Turkey, Negmar Shipping Investment paid him a visit in his office in Abuja to foster collaboration and explore business opportuni...

Nigeria’s marginal fields sub-sector has been the cornerstone of the country’s upstream local content development strategy since early 2000, and previous rounds gave birth to what are now strong local and regional African exploration and production (E&P) companies. 17 years after the last bid round, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), recently completed the process with fewe...

History was made on June 1, 2021, when the Federal Government granted licenses to Nigerian investors for 57 marginal oilfields in the country’s oil-rich Niger Delta region. Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Sarki Auwalu, who announced the awards in Abuja, said the 57 marginal fields offered spanned land, swamp and offshore locations. The award which came barely...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has clarified its decision to request for daily stock records from members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN). IPMAN, Suleja/Abuja Unit, had threatened to embark on an industrial action over alleged extortion by officials of the DPR, with the Chairman of the unit, Yahaya Alhassan, saying that DPR’s request ...

The Department for Petroleum Resources, DPR, yesterday, clarified that its request for daily stock record from petrol retail outlets and depots across the country is a statutory requirement and is at no cost to the oil marketers. In a statement in Abuja, Head, Public Affairs of the DPR, Mr. Paul Osu, who was reacting to an allegation of extortion leveled against the petroleum industry...

The Director/CEO DPR Engr. Sarki Auwalu with the President of Project Management Institute (PMI), Nigeria Chapter, Mr. Paul Omugbe during the courtesy visit of PMI team to the Director/CEO, DPR in Abuja . L - R Vice President, PMI, Alexander Babs-Jonah; Chapter Manager, PMI, Isioma Isiekwenagbu; Director/CEO, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Sarki Auwalu; President, Project Ma...

The federal government has announced the discovery of an additional 3.53 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of gas in the country, further boosting the existing quantum of reserve to 206.53 TCF. Speaking at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS), held in Abuja recently, the Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr. Sarki Auwalu, noted that the 2021 figure, was a m...