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...

In compliance with the directives of the Acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, contained in the executive order 001 issued on May 18, 2017 in particular, regarding “the promotion of transparency and efficiency in the business environment designed to facilitate the ease of doing business in the country”, the Department of Petroleum Resour...

The Owerri Zonal office of the Department of Petroleum Resources on May 31st, 2017 held a workshop that aimed to sensitize stakeholders and the public on the benefits and advantages of using cooking gas as a preferred fuel over traditional sources such as firewood, charcoal and kerosene. The 1-day event was themed “promoting the benefits and encouraging the safe use of LPG” and had 3 pre...

The selection panel of the 2017 edition of the Nigerian Safety and Security Awards (NSAS)/Lecture Series organized by Safety & Security Watch Magazine has awarded the Department of Petroleum Resources the “Outstanding Safety Merit Award (Oil & Gas)”.  The Awards/Lecture Series held recently at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry as part of activities to commemorate t...

The Director of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan along with some of his top management committee members and other senior staff of the Department, officially received the Executives of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Council, led by Dr. Kofi Sagoe of Shell Nigeria and an SPE Council Board of Trustee Member, Dr. Saka Matemilola who is the SPE Nigeria C...

The 53rd International conference and exhibition of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) which took place from the 26th – 31st of March, 2017 at the Abuja Sheraton Hotels and Towers, offered yet another opportunity for the Department to showcase its capacity and readiness to drive Government’s agenda in increasing national reserves in oil and non-associated gas. The theme ...

The Executive Council of the Nigerian Association for Energy Economics (NAEE) led by its President, Professor Wumi Iledare, recently paid a courtesy call on the Director of Petroleum Resources in Lagos. The visiting delegation was received by Engr. Antigha Ekaluo, Deputy Director and Head, Gas Division who represented Mr. Mordecai Ladan. In his welcome remarks, the Director commended th...

It has come to the attention of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) the unwholesome activities of some petroleum products marketers who indulged in hoarding and diversion of petroleum products at their various trucks holding terminals across the country while also manipulating their retail dispensing pumps at the filling stations to the detriment of unsuspecting buyers. DPR reit...

Our attention has been drawn to the activities of some unscrupulous persons exploiting the recent newspaper advertisements of employment vacancies by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to deceive unsuspecting Nigerians into parting with huge sums of money for bogus promises of offering some advantage in the ongoing recruitment process. We are also aware of the existence of a cou...