The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Adamawa, has cautioned operators of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants and retailers against sale of expired cylinders to check explosion. DPR Operations Controller, Adamawa Field Office, Mr Sadiq Danjuma, gave the warning at a meeting with operators and stakeholders in LPG business on Thursday in Yola. Danjuma disclosed that only re...

The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources (FMPR) in conjunction with Department of Petroleum (DPR) will formally launch the National Gas Transportation Network Code on Monday, February 10 2020 as part of the opening day of the 3rd edition of Nigeria International Petroleum Summit taking place at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja. The Nigerian Gas Transportation Network...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has suspended the manual processing of all downstream application for licenses and permits. The agency explained further that to replace the manual process, it has launched its digitization initiative for downstream operations under the ‘Automated Downstream System’ (ADS) program. The digital initiative according to DPR is designed to imp...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri Zonal Office on Tuesday said it has sealed 10 gas plants and 40 gas retail shops over various offences in Delta. Engr. Victor Ohwodiasa, the Manager, Gas division, Warri led a surveillance team of the regulatory agency on the routine exercise on behalf of the Operations Controller, DPR, Warri, Mr Antai Asuquo. While addressing news...

World Cancer Day is an international day marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day is led by the Union for International Cancer Control to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008. We join the global community in celebrating World Cancer day....

The preliminaries for the soccer events of the 2020 edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Games (NOGIG) kicked off on Monday January 27th, 2020 at the Legacy Pitch, National Stadium Complex, Surulere, Lagos. The first game of the 2020 NOGIG saw ExxonMobil defeating NLNG by 2 – 0. SEPLAT Was OBLITERATED! We wish to acknowledge that the Department of Petroleum Resources (DP...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo field office said it had sealed 29 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) facilities for allegedly operating without valid licences in the state. Mr Olusegun Daboh, DPR’s Head of Operations, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Osogbo. Daboh said the illegal gas stations were sealed in Ile-Ife, I...

The digitisation initiative for downstream operations under the Automated Downstream System (ADS) programme has been launched by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). The ADS is in line with DPR’s alignment with government’s ease of doing business policy which is geared towards economic growth. According to a statement issued by the agency, the digitisation initiative was de...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed a filing station in Katsina for selling petrol in jerry cans and polythene bags to women from Niger Republic. The operation was led by the DPR Operations Controller, Mr Muhammad Aminu-Sani, on Thursday in Katsina. He gave the filing station name as AU Sarki, Kofar-guga in Katsina metropolis. Aminu-Sani said that the DPR offi...