Acting Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Mr Ahmad Rufai Shakur, led a high level delegation of DPR Top Management on a courtesy visit to His Excellency the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwolu. The visit amongst other critical issues, was to discuss long term solutions to ameliorate the current state of Petroleum Depots and Jetties in Ijegun area of Lagos state. ...

The Federal Government has begun a clampdown on illegal gas plants and roadside retailers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas, an official said.  Mr Bassey Nkanga, DPR’s Operations Controller, Port Harcourt Zone, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday on the sideline of the department’s ongoing surveillance on gas plants...

The government is developing a comprehensive and financially sustainable energy economy that will ensure reliable and affordable supply of energy to all homes and industries in the country. The Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who made this known, said one of the anchor pillars to achieve that goal was an accelerated oil and gas exploration development plan and investment-driven in...

Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)- Jalingo on Wednesday sealed twelve (12 ) petrol stations for selling petroleum products above the Federal Government’s approved official price of N145 per litre. This was revealed during a surveillance exercise led by the Operations Controller, Mr Jeremiah Masahat. Some facilities were sealed due to product diversion and others for incompliance w...

The Department of Petroleum Resources says it is working with the liquefied gas retailers to realize the federal government’s plans to encourage the use of gas for cooking in the rural areas. The Zonal Operations Controller of the DPR Port Harcourt Office, Bassey Ikanga’a said this while briefing journalists shortly after surveillance to Gas, Refilling plants in Port Harcourt. The ...

Vice President/Ag. President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawunia declaring open today the 11th edition of the International Upstream forum taking place in Ghana with participating countries from Nigeria, USA, UK, Norway, Canada, Ireland, Mozambique, Uganda and Ghana (host). This is the first time the forum will be hosted in Africa and it is a gathering where countries exchange ideas and shar...

The Department of Petroleum Resources said it had sealed off at least 55 filling stations in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, in the past six weeks. Some of the affected stations are the Total in Rumuomasi, Total on Ikwerre Road, Avina in Oil Mill, MRS in Garrison and Excelsis in Elelenwo. The Operations Controller, DPR, Port Harcourt Zone, Mr Bassey Nkanga, explained that ...