FLAG-OFF OF THE OPERATION OF THE NIGERIA GAS TRANSPORTATION NETWORK CODE BY CHIEF TIMIPRE SYLVA (HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE PETROLEUM RESOURCES) HOST ENGR. SARKI AUWALU MNSE (DIRECTOR/CEO) DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES (DPR) DATE: MONDAY 10TH AUGUST 2020 TIME: 2:00 PM (WEST CENTRAL AFRICA) THEME: “GAS TRANSPORTATION NETWORK CODE GO-LIVE CEREMONY” PLATFORM: ZOOM APP (AVAIL...

Eket (Akwa Ibom) Aug. 7, 2020 The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket Field Office, Akwa Ibom, has sealed eight filling stations for discharging petroleum products while sales were on in the state. The Operations Controller of DPR in the state, Mr Tamunoiminabo Kingsley-Sundaye, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Eket on Friday. Kingsley-Sundaye said that the...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bauchi, has cautioned retailers against the circulation of substandard Base Oil (Lubricant) products. Mr. Abdullahi Iliyasu, the Controller Operations of the Department, gave the charge in an interview, on Friday in Bauchi. Illiyasu said the Department had organised a two-day sensitisation workshop to create awareness on the dangers of using...

The authorities of the department of petroleum resources, DPR has sealed off 15 retail gas outlets for illegal dealings. The operators of the outlets were subsequently arrested and handed over to men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence who were part of the special committee set up to go round the Lokoja metropolis on Thursday. Speaking during the raid, the Chief operatin...

Mr Auwalu Sarki, Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has enjoined lubricant producers in the country to look beyond the shores of Nigeria and target the export market in the distribution of their products. A statement signed by Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR on Wednesday in Lagos, said Sarki gave the charge when he hosted members of the Lubricant Producers Associ...

The Department of petroleum resources in Gombe state has said it will sanctions any marketers offenders that failed to followed lay down procedure to operate it’s business legally. DPR operations controller Gombe field office, Engr. Yahaya Maishera disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent at the weekend in Gombe. He said DPR in the state has issued warning letter to oper...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has alerted members of the public to the activities of some unscrupulous persons, who are circulating fake recruitment notices on Social Media. The DPR,  in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs, Mr Paul Osu, on Monday in Lagos, noted that their motive was to deceive unsuspecting Nigerians into parting with huge sums of money for ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources, Gombe State field office, has organised a technical session for its oil and gas technical partners in the state. The Controller, DPR Gombe field office, Mr Yahaya Maishera, said the technical session, which took place on Monday, was necessary, adding that some technical partners were given permits to render services to the oil and gas industr...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says over 600 companies have applied to be prequalified for the ongoing bid rounds of 57 marginal oilfields in the country. Mr Auwalu Sarki, Director of DPR,  made the disclosure while speaking on Tuesday in a television programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that a marginal field is any field that has r...