The Department of Petroleum Resources, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund are all officially scrapped and do not exist anymore, the Federal Government said on Monday. It also said while workers of the three agencies would be protected, their chief executives had been relieved of their various appointments. The Minister…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said it is developing a Maximum Economic Recovery (MER) strategy for Nigeria to attain maximum value from its oil and gas resources. The Director of DPR, Sarki Auwalu, made this known while delivering a keynote address at the 2021 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria yearly International Conference…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Sarki Auwalu as the substantive Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). Mr Auwalu’s appointment was announced in a statement by Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina. Mr Adesina said the new appointee would hold office for an initial term of four years. “Mr Auwalu, a chemical engineer, has…
After discovering oil in Bauchi,the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation through the Department of Petroleum Resources is forging ahead with exploration activities in the Bida basin. The DPR’s Minna Field office under the auspices of the Operations Controller, Engr. Abdullahi Isa Jankara was at the Palace of the Emir of Minna to intimate him of the…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has vowed to go after dealers of adulterated lubricants which, it says, are causing serious economic and environmental hazards. Speaking at a workshop yesterday in Kaduna, the Acting Director, DPR, Ahmed Shakur said adulterated lubricants and base oil sold to consumers in place of lubricants have caused Nigerians billions…
