The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said that Nigeria, the ninth largest gas producing nation in the world, lost over 850 million dollars to gas flaring in 2015. Mrs Pat Maseli, Deputy Director, Head, Upstream, DPR, gave the statistics at the just concluded 10th Annual Sub-Saharan Africa Oil and Gas Conference in Houston, Texas, U.S. […]
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Nigeria Senate has called on the Department of Petroleum Resources to from now on prepare and forward to its, it daily reports of oil and gas production and sale in the country. The Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) said the records must be submitted to it every month. The records will include those of petroleum industry […]
Read More The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bayelsa has sanctioned 16 filling stations in the state for engaging in various sharp practices. Mr Asuquo Antai, Operations Controller of DPR in Bayelsa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa on Sunday that the marketers were sanctioned for overpricing, under-dispensing and product diversion. Antai said […]
Read More The affected stations were Koleman Petroleum at Oke-Ijebu, Akure and Olusile filing station at Oba-Ile in Akure North Local Government, The Punch report. Besides, the DPR has begun the enforcement of the new N86.50k pump price per litre in the two states. The enforcement followed the decision of independent marketers and even some NNPC stations […]
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