The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday said it was investigating with other relevant stakeholders the Jan. 19 pipeline explosion at Ile Epo, in Abule Egba axis of Lagos State. The DPR, which is the regulator of the petroleum industry, made the announcement in a statement posted on its website. NAN reports that five persons were confirmed dead while several vehicles a...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Eket Field Office, Akwa Ibom State has sealed 31 illegal gas stations in the state. The Operations Controller of DPR in the state, Mr Tamunoiminabo Kingsley-Sundaye said yesterday in an interview in Eket Local Government Area that the exercise was carried out between 9th and 16th January. He said the illegal gas stations were sealed in Ek...

Eight days after 15 illegal Liquefied Petroleum Gas stations operating without a license in Osun State were shut, another 10 of such stations were on Sunday sealed off by the Department of Petroleum Resources, Osogbo field Office. The DPR’s Operations Controller, Ademola Makinde, who broke the news to journalists in Osogbo, expressed concern over the proliferation of illegal gas plant...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has urged Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plant operators to take necessary measures to ensure the safety of end-users of cooking gas in Kaduna State. The DPR North West Zonal Operational Controller, Mr Isa Tafida, gave the task at a one-day stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting on Wednesday in Kaduna. Tafida said relevant agencies were takin...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Enugu said it detected and sealed 13 illegal Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants in Ebonyi and Enugu states during its recent routine monitoring exercise. The Controller, Mr. Okechukwu Okoro, made the disclosure on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Okoro said that 12 plants and two retail outlets w...

In December last year, member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped less crude per day, in compliance with an output cut that was agreed by the world’s oil cartel during an earlier in December that was held in Vienna. A survey by Reuters said OPEC countries collectively pumped a total of 29.50 million barrels of crude per day, representing 50, 000 less bar...

The Department of Petroleum Resources, Osogbo field Office, has sealed 15 Liquefied Petroleum Gas skid stations for operating without valid licences. Mr Ademola Makinde, DPR’s Operations Controller, who disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Osogbo, said the stations were sealed during routine surveillance by the department in the state. Makinde said the department...

The Director of Petroleum Resources, Engr. Sarki Auwalu MNSE, has reassured investors of DPR's resolve to drive an incentive based regulatory policy to attract nvestment to the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Engr. Sarki made the remarks at the EGTL/NNPC/CHEVRON dispute resolution agreement and awards dinner, hosted by the GMD NNPC, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari at Fraser Suites Abuja, on 9th...

Worried by the recent gas explosion which claimed several lives in Kaduna, the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed seven Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) stations, and shut down 10 filling stations that operate illegally and under-dispensed petroleum products in the state. Speaking to journalists shortly after sealing the illegal LPG outlets,...