11 Oct 2020

Sarki Auwalu, Director, Department of Petroleum Resources says Nigeria’s target of 40 billion barrels oil condensate reserve by 2025 is realistic and achievable. He says this is so, with the policies and programmes being implemented by the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Auwalu spoke on Saturday at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Abuja Section 1...

09 Oct 2020

The Celebration was led by the Director/CEO DPR ,Engr. Auwalu Sarki with other Top Management Officers of the Department under the ever watchful eyes of the organizing guru - Mr Paul Osu,  Head Public Affairs....

08 Oct 2020

The Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) says it will not allow its safety strategy to be compromised by operating tank farms in the country. Mr Bassey Nkanga, the Zonal Operations Controller, Port Harcourt zone, made this known on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. Nkanga is currently undertaking a tour of tank farms initiated by the ad hoc committee on relocation of tank farms from resi...

03 Oct 2020

The Zonal Operations Controller of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Borno, Alhaji Ibrahim Ciroma, has urged operators of filling stations and gas plants in the north east to ensure requisite safety training for their employees. Ciroma made the call on Wednesday, at a meeting with operators and stakeholders in Maiduguri. He said the DPR was committed to enforcement of Mini...

30 Sep 2020

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has revealed plans to address emerging challenges in the downstream sector of Nigeria’s petroleum sector, as the country transits to a private sector-led industry. The Federal Government had, in March, announced the deregulation of the sector, opting out of subsidy payment that gulped a whooping N10 trillion in the last 10 years. While t...

24 Sep 2020

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it has outlined four cardinal focus for downstream operations in its bid to continue to enable business and create opportunities in the oil and gas sector. A statement signed by Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR  on Thursday said the agency’s Director, Mr Sarki Auwalu, made this known during a visit of members of the Depot an...