FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES (MPR) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE SELECTION OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT TO ORGANISE THE NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS SUMMIT (NIOGS), ABUJA NIGERIA A) INTRODUCTION: The Nigeria International Oil and Gas Summit (NIOGS) is a nati...

  The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, last Friday September 1, 2016 paid his maiden visit to the Department of Petroleum Resources and among other things, informed that his office was preparing a new and robust policy document that is focussed on repositioning the sector to achieve higher goals and hoped that DPR as the foremost regu...

 The Federal Government of Nigeria has made a savings in excess of N1.4 trillion since subsidy was removed from petrol earlier this year. This good news was delivered by the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu while making a presentation at the recent annual conference of the National Association of Energy Correspondents (NAEC) in Lagos. Dr. K...

The Director of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Baba Ladan on Wednesday June 15, 2016 hosted a delegation from the United States Government Bureau of Energy Resources, who visited the Department on a courtesy visit, as part of their 2-day itinerary of Lagos State. The delegation which was led by Mr. Taylor Ruggles, the US State Department’s Regional Energy Counsellor for Africa, was v...

  THE DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES (DPR) WISHES TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF DEPOT OPERATORS, MARKETERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM SECTOR TO THE FOLLOWING: “SPOT MARKETING” WHICH HAS BECOME VERY RAMPANT AT   PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DEPOTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS AN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. CONSEQUENTLY, ALL   SECURITY AGENCIES HAVE BEEN PUT ON ALERT TO ARREST THOSE NE...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in collaboration with Lakeshore Cancer Centre, Lagos (LCC) on Tuesday the 23rd February, 2016 the DPR/LCC organised a “Free Breast Cancer Screening Exercise” for 100 female beneficiaries from the Eti-Osa Local Government Area in Lagos State. The event which was a continuation of the CSR initiative of the DPR in commemoration of “world Cancer D...

The Department recently organized a free “Breast Cancer” screening exercise for 25 female headquarters staff at its clinic in Lagos. The exercise was held in conjunction with Lakeshore Cancer Centre (LCC). It was part of the activities by the Public Affairs Unit and the Medical Unit to commemorate “World Cancer Day”, and sensitize female staff, especially those under 40 years of age, on...