The Director, Department of Petroleum Resources Mr Sarki Auwalu, says the department exceeded its revenue target by 36 per cent in 2014. The Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Sarki Auwalu, says the department exceeded its revenue target by 36 per cent in 2014. Auwalu made this known when he appeared before the House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee in A...

Mrs Roseline Wilkie, the Zonal Controller of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Imo, on Friday advised Petrol station managers to observe environmental safety rules in their premises. Wilkie gave the advice in Owerri on Friday when she visited some petrol stations to create awareness and monitor compliance to DPR rules and regulations on sale and distribution of petroleum prod...

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, said it has introduced new guidelines to accommodate more Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, investors and operators across the country. The move according the agency is geared towards enhancing the availability of LPG also known as cooking gas in Nigeria, as well as meeting the current administration target of Five Million Metric Tonnes (5,000,0...

The Director of Petroleum Resources, Sarki Auwalu, has added another professional laurel to his collection by his investiture as a fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) at its annual conference in Abuja. This is coming on the heels of his recent conferment of fellowship by the Nigeria Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE). The NSE described the investiture as a recogniti...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has disclosed that it effected the shutdown of 85 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants in Lagos from January 2020 to October 2020, for engaging in illegal operations. According to a report from News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the disclosure was made by the Zonal Operations Controller Lagos, DPR, Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, while having a chat with ne...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Enugu State has warned petroleum products marketers against arbitrary hike in pump prices and illegal pump adjustments during the Yuletide. The Operations Controller of the agency, Enugu Field Office, Mr Okoro Okechukwu, issued the warning on Thursday during a stakeholders’ workshop in Enugu. Okechukwu said that the agency would deploy a spe...

Mr Sarki Auwalu, Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has been elected as a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE) .Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, in a statement on Sunday said Auwalu bagged the fellowship at the 2020 virtual conference of the society which held on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. According to him, the award was in recognition of Auwa...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says Thursday’s fire incident at OVH Energy tank farm at Marine Beach, Ijora area of Lagos State has been brought under control. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR confirmed the development in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos. He said the fire was put out at about 7:55 a.m on Saturday by a combined team of fire fighters.Osu said fro...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has warned Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) retail outlets against cylinder to cylinder gas refilling and decanting because of the associated risks. Mr Sadeq Ibrahim, Operations Controller, Yola DPR Office, gave the warning at a one-day sensitisation meeting with gas retailers in the state held on Monday in Yola. Ibrahim said that the warnin...