The Department of Petroleum Resources(DPR) Maiduguri Zonal office has embarked on the public education and enlightenment of marketers and the general public on the dangers of handling and usage of petroleum products. The Zonal Office which covers Borno/Yobe took the campaign to filling stations across the two states where some safety tips and flyers were distributed to the public as wel...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has cautioned operators of gas plants and fuel stations over poor attitude to safety measures at their facilities. DPR zonal Operational Controller, North East, Idris Ali Zoka while on an awareness campaign on safety at petrol stations and gas plants in Borno and Yobe weekend, urged fuel marketers and owners of gas plants to ensure that basi...

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has charged the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta to come up with a model to achieve a zero loss of crude oil.  Sylva made the call on Saturday at the 2019 Graduation Ceremony and Award of Diplomas, Certificates and Prizes of PTI in Effurun, Delta. The minister was represented by Mr Kamaru Busari, Director a...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it is working to ensure that only trucks that scale integrity tests and have good tracking system are deployed for petroleum haulage on Nigerian roads. The Acting Director, DPR, Mr Shakur Rufai made the disclosure at the agency’s 2019 stakeholders’ Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos. The theme for this year’s AGM is ‘‘Ensuring a S...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), said it will open an office in Yobe to effectively monitor activities of marketers, after sealing one petrol station for malpractice and poor environment. Mr Idris Zoaka, North East Zonal Operations Controller  stated this in Damaturu on Thursday during a sensitization and inspection  tour of petrol stations in the state.According to the co...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday says it has sealed one filling station and nine pumps in Maiduguri, for various infractions. The DPR Zonal Operations Controller, North East zone, Mr Ali Zaoka, made the disclosure during the routine surveillance and sensitisation exercise in Maiduguri. Zaoka disclosed that a filling station, Mala Sheriff Petroleum Company, w...

To reduced frequent petroleum trucks accident on Nigeria road, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has scheduled a stakeholders forum in ensuring a effective collaboration with all stakeholders towards  safe petroleum products transportation system across the country and to also proffer solutions to frequent truck accidents. Mr Oluwole Akinyosoye, the Zonal Operations Controll...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bayelsa says it has sealed ten petrol stations and an illegal liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) station in Yenagoa for expired licences and lack of basic operational equipment. The DPR on Wednesday, with a team of its officials, led by Mr Ibinabo Jack, Head of Operations in the state field office, paid unscheduled visit to some retail petrol ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has warned filing stations against hoarding of petrol and selling above official price in Osun. DPR’s Operations Controller in Osogbo, Mr Ademola Makinde, gave the warning during a visit by the management team of the department to the palace of Oba Akinola Akinrera, in Ifetedo, Osun. Makinde, who noted that the warning became necessary as...