The Federal Government has issued a travel ban on 13 countries over the COVID-19 pandemic. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha made the announcement at a media briefing on Wednesday. The affected countries are the United States of America, the United Kingdom,  China, Japan, Iran, Switzerland, Norway, Netherland, France, South Korea, Germany, Italy and Sp...

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Houston, Texas, USA (13 March 2020) – The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) recognizes the unprecedented global challenge associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic. The health and safety of our partners, attendees, exhibitors, staff, and community are of the utmost importance, and our hearts go out to all who have been affected. Considering the rapidly changing guidance from go...

The Controller, Lagos Zonal Office Engr Ayorinde Cardoso extended his familiarization tour to Navgas Limited in Apapa and Atlas Cove Depot at Takwa Bay. While addressing the Management at Navgas, he stated that the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, had recently declared 2020 as the year of Gas for the Nation as natural gas has the strong potent...

The Department of Petroleum Resources, Gombe State field office, has called for improvement safety measures in oil and gas facilities, flaying some operators in the sector for their failure to adhere to safety standards. It warned that adequate punitive measures would be meted out to those flouting the extant laws of the DPR. The Controller, DPR Gombe field office, Maishera Yahaya,...

The Department of Petroleum Resources in a low key ceremony honoured staff who attained 10years of meritorious service to the Department. The Director/CEO Engr. Sarki Auwalu MNSE represented by Assistant Director Services, Mr. Abdullahi Aliyu Abawa welcomed all staff to the event. He thanked the almighty God for the gift of life and good health. Engr. Sarki congratulated all staff who qu...

The Director/CEO of the Department of Petroleum Resources represented by Lagos Zonal Operations Controller Engr Ayorinde Cardoso declared open the 2020 Annual Oil Spillage Contingency Plan Activation and HSE Audit Exercise for Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE) Abo Field, OML 125. The objective of the exercise was to ensure that loss prevention and emergency response plans are robust eno...

Rampant cases of incidents in the downstream sector of oil and gas industry has become a source of concern to the Federal Government, stakeholders, regulatory agencies and investors as the  effect of the menace has led to loss of lives and properties. According to the sector regulator, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), about 70 per cent of accidents in the Nigerian oil and ...