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March 30, 2021 No Responses

‘Market Forces Should Determine Gas Prices’

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has advocated that market forces should be allowed to determine gas prices to guarantee the security of supply and demand of the commodity. Chief Executive Officer, DPR, Mr Sarki Auwalu, stated this ...

December 29, 2020 No Responses

Bayelsa Implores DPR On Revalidation Of Atala Marginal Oilfield

The Bayelsa Government is pursuing revalidation of the licence for Atala Marginal Oilfields on Oil Mining Lease (OML) 46 earlier revoked by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). In a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday,...

September 8, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Partners DPR On Tanker Crashes

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is to collaborate with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) as part of measures to curtail road tanker crashes on the country’s highways. FRSC’s Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, made the co...

September 2, 2020 No Responses

DPR Generates N673.7b Revenue In Six Months

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has generated a total sum of N673.7 billion in the first half of this year. Its Spokesman, Paul Osu, explained in a statement that the Director of DPR, Mr Auwalu Sarki, disclosed this...

August 21, 2020 No Responses

Senate Queries DPR Over N44.5b Remittance, N2.4trillion Revenue

Representatives of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) were queried by the Senate on Friday for remitting only N44. 5 billion into the Consolidated Revenue Fund in 2019 out of N2.4 trillion generated. This is as heads of many of...

August 16, 2020 No Responses

DPR Pledges To Create Business Opportunities In Oil, Gas Industry

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has promised to use its regulatory framework to continue to create opportunities and enable businesses in the oil and gas industry. A statement by Mr Paul Osu, the Head, Public Affairs in DPR,...

July 22, 2020 No Responses

DPR Implores Lubricant Producers On Export

Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Auwalu Sarki, has enjoined lubricant producers in the country to look beyond the shores of Nigeria and target the export market in the distribution of their products. A statement signed by Mr Paul Osu, ...

July 7, 2020 No Responses

600 Firms Bid For Nigeria’s 57 Marginal Oilfields

Over 600 companies have applied to be prequalified for the ongoing bid rounds of 57 marginal oilfields in Nigeria, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said. Director of DPR, Mr Auwalu Sarki made the disclosure while speaking on Tuesday in a.....

February 1, 2020 No Responses

DPR Shuts 12 Gas Retail Shops

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has shut 12 gas retail shops located in residential areas in Zamfara, the DPR Controller in Gusau, Alhaji Ango Haruna, has said. The controller disclosed this to newsmen on Friday after a surveillance patrol...

December 26, 2019 No Responses

DPR Seals 17 Filling Stations Over Sharp Practices

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Gombe State on Wednesday sealed six filling stations for diversion of over 800,000 litres of petroleum product and operating with expired license. Alhaji Abdullahi Abawa, DPR Head of Operation, disclosed this shor...

October 28, 2019 No Responses

DPR Seals Five Filling Stations

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed five fillings stations in Cross River for selling petrol above the government approved price of N145 per litre and other offences. DPR Operations Controller in Cross River, Mr Philip Awolu, disclosed this....

September 22, 2019 No Responses

DPR Seals 12 Filling Stations

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed 12 filling stations in Sokoto and Kebbi states for under dispensing and operating without a valid licence. Muhammad Makera, the Zonal Operations Controller of DPR in charge of Sokoto and Kebbi states,...

December 28, 2017 No Responses

Abuja motorists get more free fuel as NNPC, DPR, seal stations

Some motorists in Abuja on Wednesday got more free petrol as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) sealed more stations. The team had sealed the Khalif Civic Centre and Investment Limited at Kubwa,.....