The Director of Petroleum Resources, Engr. Sarki Auwalu has inaugurated the network code operationalisation teams for the full implementation of the Nigeria Gas Transportation Network Code (NGTNC) which was recently launched by the Honorable Minister of State Petroleum Resources with a six-month mandate to go live. The Director in his address at the virtual inauguration ceremony state...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has unveiled its strategic plan and policy actions for the survival and success of participants in the nation’s oil and industry post Covid-19. The Director of DPR, Mr. Sarki Auwalu, listed four key areas being pursued by the agency to ensure that the industry comes out of the market crisis very strong and sustainable. Auwalu in his keyno...

The Energy Year talks to Engr. Sarki Auwalu, director and CEO of Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), about how the country is strategically implementing OPEC-mandated production cuts and the unprecedented co-operation among industry stakeholders to fight the pandemic. DPR is the regulatory body for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. How has DPR managed to ward off some of th...

The nationwide lockdown, occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, impacted the consumption of premium Motor Spirit’s (PMS) in Nigeria, as supply of the commodity across the country dropped by 20.6 per cent to 1.43 billion litres in May 2020, from 1.8 billion litres recorded in March 2020, according to data released, yesterday, by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). The first lock...

Nigeria’s oil sector regulator, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has released strategic plan and policy for the survival and success of the industry post COVID-19. Director/CEO of the agency, Engr. Sarki Auwalu, who made this known in a Keynote Address at the Webinar organised by Future Energy Leaders Nigeria (FEL) entitled; “Nigeria Oil & Gas Sector: Surviving and Thriving...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) thursday extended by one week, the deadline to register to bid for Nigeria’s marginal oilfields, which will now close on June 21. The DPR launched the first marginal field award round in nearly 20 years on June 1. Applicants initially had until June 14 to register, but the timeline has been moved to June 21. The DPR, the nation’s petroleu...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Wednesday disclosed that at least 94 per cent of filling stations have fully complied with the new petrol price of between N121.50 and N123.50 per litre. The regulatory agency expressed satisfaction with the level of adherence by oil marketers, stating that it would sanction any actor within the downstream sector flouting the rules. Speak...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Niger, on Friday, warned that any filling station in the state selling Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) above the approved pump price per litre would be sanctioned. The DPR’s Operations Controller in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Jankara, gave the warning while speaking in Minna. He said that filling stations were expected to be selling pet...

Companies, including their promoters, indebted to the Federal Government will not be allowed to participate in the newly launched bid round for marginal oilfields, the Department of Petroleum Resources has said. The DPR, in a document obtained by correspondent, said applicants should demonstrate the ability to fully meet the objective of undertaking expeditious and efficient developme...