Despite claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), that it has increased fuel allocation to Abuja from the initial 70 trucks to 170, and Lagos 300 trucks, vehiculars queues still dotted filling stations across the two cities. The increase for Abuja, which represents about 142.8 per cent has, however, failed to impact the motoring […]
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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket field, says it has suspended six marketers in Akwa Ibom State for diverting petroleum products The DRP Operations Controller in the state, Mr Tamunoiminabo Sundaye, disclosed this to the newsmen in Eket on Sunday. Sundaye said that the marketers lifted 180,000 litres of petrol from NNPC Calabar depot […]
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The Federal Government has concluded plans to spend ₦32.195 billion on salaries, wages and allowances for staff of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, in the 2018 fiscal year. According to the 2018 budget proposal presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly, the DPR received a total allocation of ₦34.873 billion, with ₦32.195 […]
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The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, yesterday disclosed that a major restructuring exercise that will affect all the parastatals under his Ministry was underway. The Minister, who stated this on Monday in a podcast message where he reeled out government’s future plans for the petroleum sector, emphasised the need to heal some […]
Read More The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has threatened to sanction International Oil Companies, IOCs, and laboratory practitioners who flout regulatory standards in their operations. This was even as stakeholders in the sector bemoaned operational difficulties occasioned by cost-cutting beyond profitable margin owing to crude oil price crunch at the International market. This was disclosed at […]
Read More The Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) yesterday launched online license processing to checkmate illegal marketers responsible for diverting petroleum products and operating without genuine license. At a seminar organised for interaction and education of all independent patroleum marketers on online license processing in Kaduna, the Department said transiting from analogue license processing to digital […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has announced more than 100 per cent increase in export revenue of $471.90 million for the month of July 2017 as against $219.34 million posted in June 2017. According to the July edition of the Monthly Financial and Operations Report of the Corporation which was made public on Thursday, […]
Read More Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Ladan, has urged laboratory practitioners in the nation’s oil and gas industry to improve the quality of the work they do. He gave the charge on Wednesday in Lagos at the second edition of the Stakeholders’ Laboratory Workshop, organised by the DPR. He noted that the […]
Read More 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 […]
Read More Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has warned against the dangers in indiscriminate citing of Liquefied Gas Plants without recourse to safety measures. The Association therefore, called on the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to check the trend and ensure compliance before issuing licenses to would-be gas plant operators, pointing out that the […]
Read More The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it has concluded plans to commence online licensing and renewal of operating licences for fuel dealers in Bayelsa. Mr Asuquo Antai, Operations Controller, DPR in Bayelsa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa that the “platform would be unveiled in the coming days.” Antai said the […]
Read More The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that it has put in place measures and facilities to curb gas flaring preparatory to the 2020 flare out deadline by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who was represented by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company […]
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