Happening now at the ongoing National Association of Energy Correspondents (NAEC) conference at Eko Hotel, Lagos where Mr. Joseph Tolorunse, Assistant Director and Head, Legal (DPR) is a panelist on the topic "Effects of Sanctity of Contracts in Commercial Operations "....

The newly inaugurated Minister of State, Petroleum, Mr Timipre Silva, has pledged his readiness to work with all to ensure a viable oil and gas sector. Silva made this known when he was received by the Permanent Secretary, Directors and heads of all the Parastatal agencies under the ministry, in Abuja, on Wednesday. “Thank you for the warm welcome, I will definitely put in my best and ...

DPR seals one (1) filling station in Surulere axis and two (2) illegally constructed petrol stations on Itire Lawanson road, Lagos The Department of Petroleum resources as part of its regular surveillance of PFS visited seven (7) filling stations today and sealed one (1) filling station in Surulere axis and Two (2) illegally constructed facilities. The Head, Retail Outlets Monitori...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed off 19 filling stations in Bayelsa and Plateau states for various offences including shortchanging of customers through irregular fuel dispensing. In the exercise, carried out in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital last weekend, DPR sealed nine petrol stations and an illegal trans-filling Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) station. It c...

"DPR Technical Sensitization Workshop on Quality Improvement of Environmental Impact Studies in line with Current Oil and Gas Industry Regulations". The sensitisation program is been facilitated by the Zonal Operations Controller DPR Lagos, Mr. Wole Akinyosoye and Operations Controllers within the Zone. The workshop which took place at the Radisson Blu Anchorage hotel, was organise...

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Eket Field Office in Akwa Ibom, says it has uncovered seven illegal filling stations in the state. The Operations Controller of DPR in the Akwa Ibom state, Tamunoiminabo Kingsley-Sundaye, made the disclosure at the end of the organisation’s routine surveillance in Uyo on Friday. Kingsley-Sundaye said that the illegal stations were uncover...

From all of us at DPR, Happy Eid el Kabir #eidelkabir #happyholidays #dpr...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) received an award for participating in the 2019 Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) organised by SPENC. The award was presented by the SPE International President, Sami Alnuaim, the Nigeria Council Chairman Debo Fagbami and other Council members. During the Conference, one of the Engineers with the Department Fr...

The Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR), has sealed 53 filling stations and 4 gas stations in Kaduna state for various offences. Isa Tafida, Zonal Operations Controller, Kaduna Zone, disclosed this in Kaduna on Tuesday, during the department’s routine surveillance on filling and gas stations in Kaduna state. According to Tafida, the exercise which took place in the month of Ju...