The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in collaboration with Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested eight illegal dealers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Maiduguri. The DPR North East Operations Controller, Mr Agada Jerome, made this known on Friday in a statement issued in Maiduguri. Jerome said the dealers were arrested during a patrol by official...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bauchi state has sought police collaboration to enable it enforce regulations laid down for filling stations. State DPR Comptroller Iliyasu Abdullahi sought the collaboration Thursday when he paid a courtesy visit to the state commissioner of police Sylvester Abiodun Alabi. He said collaboration between the department and the police would...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), in Abuja, on Thursday sealed 11 illegal gas plants and two filling stations over sharp practices. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) — also known as cooking gas — plants and the filling stations visited are located in Karimo, Gwagwa, Games Village kuje and Gwagwalada. The LPG operators were sa...

The Federal Government, through the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said it will generate N3.2 trillion revenue by the end of December this year. With improved revenue outlook, including signature bonuses, the Chief Executive Officer of DPR, Sarki Auwalu yesterday in Abuja, said over 70 per cent of the revenue projection has already been met. Speaking during a c...

The Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) , Mr Sarki Auwalu, says the department  will  hit N3.2 trillion revenue target by December 2021. Auwalu made the disclosure  when he led a delegation of DPR management team to the Executive Secretary of Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF),  Mr Bello Gusau,  in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has reopened eight petroleum tank farms shutdown by the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority ( LASPPPA) in Ijegun-Egba, Satellite Town, Lagos. Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos Zone, who directed the reopening of the depots said the agency lacked the constitutional power to shut them down because the indu...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said that optimising Nigeria’s oil production processes remains a critical factor in the nation’s economic recovery drive and getting the full benefits of the country’s resources. A statement in Abuja by the General Manager, Public Affairs of the organisation, Mr. Paul Osu, quoted the Director and Chief Executive Officer of the organisat...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) is close to ramping up Nigeria’s 36.9 billion barrels crude oil reserves by 14 billion barrels and the country’s gas reserves by an additional 68 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF), Director of the organisation, Mr Sarki Auwalu, stated yesterday. Speaking when he received the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNP...

The Director/ CEO, DPR Engr. Sarki Auwalu today received the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari on a working visit. The visit was to explore areas of collaboration and cooperation between both agencies of government for the greater good of the Nigerian economy through increase of national oil reserve, expansion of proven gas ...