FG has scrapped DPR, PPPRA, PEF sacked their CEOs and has inaugurated new agencies. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Federal Government on Monday officially announced the scrapping of the Department of Petroleum (DPR), the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and the Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF). The development was disclosed by the Minister of State for … Read more
The Nigerian government has increased the pump price of petrol to N212.61 a litre, less than two weeks after assuring the nation there would be no hike. The ex-depot price, which is the amount sold by fuel depot owners to marketers, will be N206.42, while the landing cost stands at N189.61 per litre, the agency … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 19TH NOVEMBER, 202P The Department of Petroleum Resources, Lagos Zonal Office, said on Wednesday that it had shut down 85 illegal gas plants in the state this year. The Zonal Operations Controller, Lagos, DPR, Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, disclosed this during a sensitisation campaign on safe handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking … Read more
Nigeria has changed the way marginal oilfields are allocated to avoid legal problems that bedeviled previous bidding round, the director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said on Tuesday. Nigeria in early June launched its first bidding round for marginal fields – smaller blocks typically developed by domestic companies – in nearly 20 years. … Read more
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has cautioned owners of filling stations against the increase in hawking and begging activities at the filling stations in Zamfara. According to NAN, the controller inchage of Gusau, DPR field office, Alhaji Ango Haruna, gave this warning during a surveillance patrol of filling stations and gas stations in Gusau … Read more