22 Sep 2020

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it will continue to use its regulatory instruments to enhance revenue collection for the Federal Government. Auwalu said the DPR, as a revenue collection agency of government had remitted 1.03 billion dollars to the Federation Account from oil and gas royalties and legacy debts.He said this was achieved through robust regulatory reforms...

22 Sep 2020

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has said it will continue to use its regulatory instruments to enhance revenue collection for the Federal Government. To this end, the Department as a revenue collection agency of government has remitted $1.03billion to Federation Account from oil and gas royalties and legacy debts through robust regulatory reforms that have been put in pla...

19 Sep 2020

The Department of Petroleum Resources has said more investors are showing interest in establishing modular refineries in the country following the deregulation of petrol. The Director, DPR, Mr Sarki Auwalu, was quoted in a statement on Friday as saying this, adding that seven refineries were already at various levels of completion. He said, “By 2022, Nigeria will become a net expor...

19 Sep 2020

DPR Lagos Zonal Controller, Engr. Lukeman Ayo Cardoso went on a working visit to some Lubricant Plants in Amuwo Odofin Area of Lagos state. The visit by the Controller was to reinforce DPR's philosophy to enable businesses in the oil and gas sector by ensuring compliance with regulations and guidelines by the lubricant producers. Lubricant plants visited are PM Lubricants, Lanre Badmu...

17 Sep 2020

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it generated a total sum of N742,471,639,376. 96 billion for the Federal Government from  January to August 2020. Mr Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR  made the disclosure during a visit of the Federal House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) to the DPR headquarters in Lagos on Wednesday. The News Agency o...

07 Sep 2020

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, yesterday, said it has commenced the audit of petrol retail outlets across the country, and has ordered 9,000 petrol stations across the country to immediately commence the upgrade of their facilities to allow them dispense gas to vehicles for transportation. This is in furtherance of the Federal Government’s National Gas Expansion Programme...