It is no gainsaying that technology has changed practically every facet of the human life from lifestyle to living, and most importantly the way humans do their works. Whilst technology may have brought about challenges in terms of adapting and keeping up with industry trends, it certainly has improved work processes tremendously, especially in terms of service delivery and turnaround t...

The annual work program presentation by oil & gas companies for 2015 is currently going on in DPR. These technical presentations are designed for the E & P companies to outline their intended field activities for 2015. During the presentations operators are required to review progress so far recorded on the respective fields in the current operation year. The ongoing 2015 work p...

The Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria has been accredited as a professional body, an official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria No. 62, Vol. 101 by an Act of Parliament on May 19, 2014. The objectives of the newly accredited Institute are to: Organize and provide professional training on safety management Set standards of practice and determine the knowledge and s...

The Department of Petroleum Resources hosted a 4-day meeting from 14-17 July, 2014 to facilitate the project on stratigraphic harmonization of the African sedimentary basin. The project is sponsored by African Petroleum Producers’ Association (APPA) and is being executed under a Memorandum of Understanding with TGS, a United States company based in Houston, Texas. Specifically, it inten...

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...