The Department of Petroleum Resources on Wednesday August 2, 2017 played host to a Singaporean delegation on trade and investment, who were visiting the country under the auspices of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC). The Commission’s Deputy Director for Services, Mrs. Aisha H. Wando stated during the meeting that the Singaporeans were in Nigeria to interact, build trus...

OFFICE OF THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE, PETROLEUM RESOURCES PRESS STATEMENT NATIONAL PETROLEUM POLICY APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AS KACHIKWU COMMITS TO IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION, POST-GAZETTING The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting held on Wednesday 19th July, 2017 in Abuja, ended on a high note as the cabinet meeting presided by Ag. President Yemi Osinbajo, appr...

The Director of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan on Wednesday July 19, 2017 inspected Linc tank farm in Calabar, scene of a ghastly fire incident which occurred earlier in the week. The Director who was accompanied by the Head of the Downstream Division, Mr. Usman Ndanusa and the Manager in charge of Communications, Mr. George Ene-Ita, was taken round the charred fa...

REJOINDER The attention of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has been drawn to a publication in Thisday Newspapers of Monday, July 17, 2017 alleging that the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) lost an estimated $6 billion as a result of DPR’s poor administration of divested oil blocks, which were sold by the International Oil Companies (IOC’s) between 2010 and 2015. The DPR w...

As part of the strategy to reposition the Nigeria Oil & Gas industry, a roadmap of short and medium term priorities aimed at developing a stable and enabling Oil and Gas landscape with improved transparency, efficiency, stable investment climate and a well-protected environment, tagged “7big wins” was developed and launched by His Excellency, Mr. President in October 2016. The fourt...

In compliance with the directives of the Acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, contained in the executive order 001 issued on May 18, 2017 in particular, regarding “the promotion of transparency and efficiency in the business environment designed to facilitate the ease of doing business in the country”, the Department of Petroleum Resour...

The Owerri Zonal office of the Department of Petroleum Resources on May 31st, 2017 held a workshop that aimed to sensitize stakeholders and the public on the benefits and advantages of using cooking gas as a preferred fuel over traditional sources such as firewood, charcoal and kerosene. The 1-day event was themed “promoting the benefits and encouraging the safe use of LPG” and had 3 pre...

The selection panel of the 2017 edition of the Nigerian Safety and Security Awards (NSAS)/Lecture Series organized by Safety & Security Watch Magazine has awarded the Department of Petroleum Resources the “Outstanding Safety Merit Award (Oil & Gas)”.  The Awards/Lecture Series held recently at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry as part of activities to commemorate t...

The Director of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan along with some of his top management committee members and other senior staff of the Department, officially received the Executives of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Council, led by Dr. Kofi Sagoe of Shell Nigeria and an SPE Council Board of Trustee Member, Dr. Saka Matemilola who is the SPE Nigeria C...