The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in collaboration with its stakeholders announces the postponement of the 19th edition of the International HSE Biennial Conference previously scheduled to hold from the 23rd – 25th November 2020 in Abuja. This decision was reached after careful consideration of the safety of our stakeholders and participants in light of the ongoing COVID-19...

We kindly invite our valuable STAKEHOLDERS  to a webinar organised in collaboration with the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE). This online event is scheduled to hold as follows:   DATE:                WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY 2020 TIME:                 11:00 AM (WEST CENTRAL AFRICA) PLATFORM:       ZOOM   THEME:              "NIGERIAN MARGINAL FIELD BID R...

If the Federal Government succeeds with its on-going bid rounds for the 57 marginal oilfields being offered to investors, it might be able to attract about $5.7billion into the economy. Although the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) did not put a specific cost to each oilfield, the regulator however said the fields have lower cost of investment of between $50 and $100 million, a...

The Director/CEO DPR, Engr. Sarki Auwalu MNSE will be speaking at the forthcoming GLOBAL E&P SUMMIT organized by IN-VR LIMITED on 2nd July 2020 @ 11:30 am (West Central Africa). The summit will feature leaders of National Regulatory Agencies, Heads of NOCs, major IOCs, Government Ministries, Hydrocarbon Agencies from across the world and key decision makers in global oil and gas b...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says there will not be a repeat of past mistakes made in previous exercises in the ongoing bid rounds for 57 marginal oilfields in the country. Mr Auwalu Sarki, Director, DPR, gave the assurance on Monday while delivering a keynote address at the Africa Marginal Oilfield and Independent Producers Webinar Conference. A marginal field is an...

Director/CEO Department of Petroleum Resources Engr. Sarki Auwalu MNSE delivering the Keynote Address at Africa Marginal Oilfield and Independent Producers Webinar Conference. Topic: Creating a sustainable and Reliable Domestic Oil and Gas Industry .  ...

The rising number of COVID-19 cases among workers at Nigeria’s offshore oilfields and platforms is a growing threat to the country’s oil production, sources within the oil sector said. However, Nigeria, which failed to curb oil production quota in strict adherence with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreement in an effort to ameliorate the glut in the interna...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has expressed concern over non-compliance to established protocols aimed at the containing COVID-19 pandemic by some oil and gas companies. The DPR, which is the regulator of the Nigerian oil and gas industry, made this known in a circular to the companies on the management of Coronavirus. A copy of the circular was sighted by TBI Africa ...

To:        All Oil & Gas Industry Operators RE: MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 OUTBREAK – UPDATE 4 We wish to commend your efforts in implementing stringent measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in your immediate environment and areas of operations in line with Government’s directives and circulars issued by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). In spite of these efforts, th...