The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Kaduna Zonal Office, on Monday forced nine filling stations in the state to revert to the official pump price of N162 per litre. The DPR also warned petroleum product marketers against adjusting fuel dispensing metres and hoarding of products, insisting that marketers found culpable would face serious sanctions, including sealing off the pr...

THE Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Enugu Field Office, Monday, sealed eight petrol stations in Enugu for dispensing Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, above the approved government pump price. The Head, Operations, Mr Afam Azuike who announced, said the action was in reaction to public outcry over the weekend that petroleum marketers had arbitrarily increased the pump price PMS. O...

The Department of Petroleum Resources says it has intensified surveillance of filling stations in Lagos State to ensure compliance with the approved pump price band for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos, made this known after an inspection visit to some petrol stations located in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki areas of the stat...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it shutdown 86 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants in Lagos State in 2020 for operating illegally. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos. Osu said LPG (cooking gas) plants were shut down for non-compliance with international safety standards. According to him, the plant...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it has reviewed five terms for gas development under the Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) in the Country. Mr Sarki Auwalu, the Chief Executive Officer, said this during a Public hearing at the National Assembly organised by the Joint Committee on Gas Resources and Petroleum Resources, Upstream and Downstream, in Abuja, on Monday. T...

The Department of Petroleum Resources led by the Director/CEO Engr Sarki Auwalu FNSChE, FNSE , DPR was part of the Ministerial team led by Chief Timipre Sylva to the one day public hearing on: "Inclusion of GasTerms in Production Sharing Contract (PSCs) and Establishment of Mechanisms to Attract Gas Investment to Grow Nigerian Economy '. The event was declared open by the Hon. Speaker...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday said that it will not hesitate to apply appropriate sanctions on marketers engaged in hoarding of petroleum products in their outlets. Mr Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR, gave the warning in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos. Auwalu said the warning was necessitated by the emergence of queues in retail outlets in some states o...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), yesterday, raised concerns over moribund oil and gas facilities across the country. Speaking during a visit to one of such facilities, a fabrication yard located at Ilase Village, Snake Island, Lagos State, Director of DPR, Sarki Auwalu, said the development would limit domestic refining capacity and hinder projected benefits. He insisted ...

The Federal Government, Monday, announced plans to reactivate all moribund and dormant oil and gas support facilities nationwide. This, according to a statement by the DPR in Abuja, was part of efforts to boost Nigeria’s production capacity both in the upstream and downstream petroleum industry and create employment opportunities. Director, Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Mr S...