As part of moves to curb fuel scarcity during the Yuletide, the Department of Petroleum Resources says it will suspend errant marketers for six months if they hoard Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, and other products during the period. The Head, Downstream Monitoring and Regulations, DPR, Ijeoma Onyeri, stated this on Thursday in Abeokuta at the first Annual General Me...

Sen. Bassey Albert, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Gas, on Thursday said that the Senate would pass the Gas Flaring Prohibition Bill before the end of the year. Albert gave this hint in Lagos when he led his members on oversight functions to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). He said the bill was currently on the third reading and would be given accelerated attention t...

The Federal government earned the sum of N6,671,081,710,411.26 as oil revenue between 2010 and 2017,the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR),said in its 2017 Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Annual Report yesterday. At its launch in Lagos,the DPR indicated in the report that the revenue were realized from oil and gas royalty, gas flare penalty, concession rentals and miscellaneous oil...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday launched Value Monitoring and Benchmarking (VMB) to promote transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector. Mr Mordecai Ladan, the Director of DPR, said in Lagos at the launch that the VMB of oil and gas assets development was part of DPR’s regulatory oversight function. Ladan, represented by Mrs Pat Mesali, Head, Up...

The Head Downstream Division, Mrs Ijeoma Onyeri and Mr. Bashir Sadiq (Asst. Director, Products Depots &Jetties) were the guest speakers on the DPR HALF HOUR RADIO PROGRAM on Radio Nigeria on October 24 2018. The duo led by Mrs. Onyeri, Deputy Director and Head Downstream of the DPR, reassured stakeholders that the Department has taken necessary proactive steps to ensure the availa...

The Deputy Director and Head Upstream Division of the DPR, Mrs. Pat Maseli, Mr. Babajide Fasina (ASST. DIR. Operations), Mr. Taiwo Razaq (MGR. Exploration), were the guests this Wednesday on the "DPR HALF HOUR RADIO PROGRAM". This episode of the program is a continuation of our focus on the activities of the Upstream Division in the Nigeria Oil and Gas value-chain. The activities o...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has instituted a lease renewal programme with a robust process to ensure that due process is strictly adhered to in validating licenses for oil and gas prospecting in Nigeria. The programme is part of the Accelerated Revenue Generation Initiative of the Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu and the DPR to shore up government re...

The Trio, led by the Assistant Director Gas Operations Mr. Idris Y. Abubakar, the Assistant Director Domestic Gas Supply Obligation & Distribution, Mr. Abel Nsa and the Assistant Chief Chemical Engineer, Mr. Tambari Zayan, were the DPR guests on the weekly Radio Program "DPR HALF HOUR"on Radio Nigeria. In this episode of the program, the officials of the Gas Monitoring and Regulat...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Wednesday raised the alarm over the infiltration of adulterated lube oil (engine oil) into the petroleum market. Speaking on the DPR Half Hour of Radio Nigeria that The Nation monitored, DPR Zonal Operations Comptroller, Mr. Wole Akinyosunye, said that the callous act had become a concern to the organization due to the effects of fake lubric...