The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), exhibited at the recently concluded Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference (NOG) 2018 which took place at the International Conference Center (ICC) Abuja recently.. The three day event featured Exhibition, Technical Seminars and presentations. The high point of the exhibition at the DPR booth, was the brief stopover by the  Hon. Minister of Stat...

The Department of Petroleum Resources has taken its awareness campaign against kerosene explosion to Watt Market and Etim Edem Park in Calabar. Bassey Nkanga, the Operations Controller of DPR in Cross River, said on Wednesday that the awareness campaign became necessary due to the recorded cases of kerosene explosion in the state. He said the explosions had claimed many lives and left o...

The ICT branch in collaboration with the Corporate Services Division and Public Affairs Unit, have recently organised an ICT  sensitization workshop for staff of the Department in Lagos. The workshop is part of on-going initiatives by Management t to encourage staff utilization of Microsoft Office 365 resources. Among other things,, the program provided a learning platform for staff to...

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu discusses the preliminary agreement by OPEC and its allies to boost production by a theoretical 1 million barrels a day. Please watch his talk with Bloomberg TV when you visit

The DPR surveillance team from Abeokuta field office has sealed the NNPC STATION at Arepo , Ogun State for under dispensing of petrol to unsuspecting members of the public. The monitoring exercise which was conducted today was in response to intelligence reports from patriotic members of the public. According to the DPR Operations Controller, Abeokuta Mrs. Muinat Bello- Zagi all the twel...

The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has commended the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) for achieving digital technological breakthrough in crude oil accounting through the deployment of the National Production Monitoring System (NPMS) platform. Speaking during a working visit to the regulatory agency, the minister lauded the foresight and leadership of DPR...

The Honourable Minister of State Petroleum Resources (HMSPR) has commended the DPR for achieving digital technological breakthrough in crude oil accounting through the deployment of the National Production Monitoring System (NPMS) platform. The HMSPR who was on a working visit to the Department as part of his working tour of MDA’S UNDER THE Ministry, lauded the foresight of DPR in setti...

"MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 ACTIVATION DAY EVENT" Organised by DPR ICT & PAU in collaboration with Microsoft at the Head Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Lagos recently. The event was declared open by the representative of the Director, Engr. Moses T Ali(Deputy Director & Head Engineering & Standards Division DPR), in company of some Top Management Committee m...

The Nation’s Petroleum Regulatory Agency, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has introduced digital solution to its downstream operations – Automated Downstream System (ADS). The ADS is the migration of all licences and permits in downstream operations to digital platform. The affected licences and permits includes the Import/Export permit (IMPEX) for petroleum product, Retail ...