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...

Happening Now: Mr Hassan Umar Hadejia , Chief System Analyst, E&S making a Presentation on National Production Monitoring System (NPMS)/Crude oil and LNG Tracking (COLT) at the ongoing AGORA NEXUS Roundtable session in Lagos....

Stakeholders have raised the alarm that Nigeria’s external reserves currently at $43.67 billion may further be depleted on account of some ill-equipped laboratories servicing its oil and gas industry. Their unpatriotic act according to experts has compelled the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to, in some instances, ferry samples abroad for analytical tests . They warned tha...

The Department of Petroleum Resources has said it is committed to working with all stakeholders to drive and enhance good laboratory practice in the nation’s oil and gas industry. The acting Director, DPR, Alhaji Ahmad Shakur, said there was a need to begin to chart a definitive and sustainable path towards uncompromised and consistent quality of service and integrity of results. S...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has warned operators of oil and gas laboratory services to desist from compromising results of data analysis from their laboratories, uphold industry ethical standard and global best practices. Its Acting Director, Alhaji Shakur Rufai, gave the warning at the third Oil and Gas Industry Laboratory Stakeholders’ workshop  in Lagos with the the...

In ensuring industry ethical standard and best practices, the Acting Director of Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Alhaji Shakur Ahmad Rufai, has warned oil and gas laboratory operators to avoid compromising data analysis results and upheld objectivity and sincerity of purpose. Shakur who gave the warning at the 3rd Oil and Gas Industry Laboratory Stakeholders Workshop held in Lag...

President Muhammadu Buhari says revenue generating agencies of the government will face severe consequences for not achieving agreed targets. The president made this known on Tuesday during his Independence Day broadcast to the nation. Some of the revenue-generating agencies that will be affected include the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria Customs Service, Department...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Abeokuta field office, Ogun State, has challenged the Independent Petroleum Marketers (IPMAN) and other stakeholders to channel their investments towards increasing Compressed National Gas (CNG) outlets. The DPR Controller of Operations, Mrs. Muinat Bello-Zagi made this known while speaking with journalists shortly after a meeting with the ...