The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has indicated its willingness to collaborate with the Lagos State Government in their quest to develop a road map for oil and gas in the state. This partnership assurance was given by Mr. Wole Akinyosoye, DPR Zonal Operations Controller, Lagos during a courtesy visit to DPR by the Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and mineral Resources, Mr. ...

The Executive committee, led by the Chairman Nigerian Institution of Safety Engineers, Engr. A.B. Oyedepo (FNSE) paid a courtesy visit to the Director DPR on Tuesday 15th August, 2017 at the DPR Head office in Lagos. The Nigerian Institution of Safety Engineers was formed out of the Nigerian Society of Engineers to entrench National and international safety best practices in Nigeria. ...

A stakeholder workshop was held at the DPR headquarters in Lagos on Tuesday August 8, 2017 to apprise the banking community on the soon to be launched electronic petroleum products Import and Export Permitting process (IMPEX).  IMPEX will be the flagship automation program for the regulatory roles of the Department in the downstream sector which is being fully automated to provide custom...

As the public is aware, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) is currently conducting a staff recruitment exercise aimed at selecting suitably qualified persons from a pool of duly shortlisted candidates, which followed the approval of their applications for advertised positions in the Department. It is important for the public to note that the ongoing recruitment exercise is bein...

The Department of Petroleum Resources on Wednesday August 2, 2017 played host to a Singaporean delegation on trade and investment, who were visiting the country under the auspices of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC). The Commission’s Deputy Director for Services, Mrs. Aisha H. Wando stated during the meeting that the Singaporeans were in Nigeria to interact, build trus...

OFFICE OF THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE, PETROLEUM RESOURCES PRESS STATEMENT NATIONAL PETROLEUM POLICY APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AS KACHIKWU COMMITS TO IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION, POST-GAZETTING The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting held on Wednesday 19th July, 2017 in Abuja, ended on a high note as the cabinet meeting presided by Ag. President Yemi Osinbajo, appr...

The Director of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan on Wednesday July 19, 2017 inspected Linc tank farm in Calabar, scene of a ghastly fire incident which occurred earlier in the week. The Director who was accompanied by the Head of the Downstream Division, Mr. Usman Ndanusa and the Manager in charge of Communications, Mr. George Ene-Ita, was taken round the charred fa...

REJOINDER The attention of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has been drawn to a publication in Thisday Newspapers of Monday, July 17, 2017 alleging that the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) lost an estimated $6 billion as a result of DPR’s poor administration of divested oil blocks, which were sold by the International Oil Companies (IOC’s) between 2010 and 2015. The DPR w...

As part of the strategy to reposition the Nigeria Oil & Gas industry, a roadmap of short and medium term priorities aimed at developing a stable and enabling Oil and Gas landscape with improved transparency, efficiency, stable investment climate and a well-protected environment, tagged “7big wins” was developed and launched by His Excellency, Mr. President in October 2016. The fourt...