The Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR) says it is collaborating with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to curb the manufacturing and sale of substandard lubricants in the country. Engr. Sarki Auwalu, Director and Chief Executive Officer, DPR made the disclosure recently while unveiling agency's  Downstream Remote Monitoring System ( DRMS) platform to agencies in the pe...

The Department of Petroleum Resources has faulted the claim by the Nigeria Customs Service that it was partly responsible for the continued smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol, which has been subsidised by the Federal Government. The Head, Downstream Department, DPR, Bashir Sodiq, said filling stations along the land borders now get less than three per cent of da...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has reiterated that the Minimum Industry Safety Training for Downstream Operations (MISTDO) remains compulsory for all players in that part of the petroleum industry. The DPR noted that the programme introduced to safeguard operations in the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry, remains critical to protecting those who oper...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has raised serious concern over high rate of accidents in the downstream oil and gas industry leading to the introduction of the Minimum industry safety training for Downstream operations (MISTDO). The Agency reiterates that the exercise is a compulsory program introduced to safeguard operations in the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil an...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says the Minimum Industry Safety Training for Downstream operations (MISTDO) is a compulsory programme introduced to safeguard operations in the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos Osu said the MISTDO programme covers Depot...

The target of the Federal Government is to increase Nigeria’s oil reserves from 36.91 billion barrels to 50 billion barrels in the short to medium term, the Department of Petroleum Resources announced on Monday. Director/Chief Executive, DPR, Sarki Auwalu, announced this during a workshop with industry partners on Monday. He also announced that the regulator would inaugurate annual awa...

The Department of Petroleum Resources has been awarded the best exhibitors award at the 2021 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Annual international Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) in Lagos. A statement issued on Friday by Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, on Friday in Lagos said the regulatory agency bagged the award for its creativity and technical excellence. O...

As subsidy costs weigh down government interventions due to rising consumption of premium motor spirit (PMS) occasioned by smuggling and sharp practices in the downstream sector, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has set a December deadline for filling stations to register on its Downstream Remote Monitoring Systems (DRMS), as a requirement for licence renewal. DRMS, also kn...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has given owners of petroleum products retail outlets a Dec. 31 ultimatum to migrate their operaions to its Downstream Remote Monitoring System (DRMS). Mr Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR, gave the ultimatum during a meeting between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and agencies in the petroleum sector on Thursday in Lagos. T...