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
DPR has sealed scores of gas plants in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that no fewer than 59 illegal cooking gas plants have been sealed off by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Lagos Zone, from January to June 2021. This was disclosed by the DPR Assistant Director of Operations, Lagos Zonal Office, Mrs. Olubunmi Ogundare, … Read more
In his destructive proclivity for chauvinism and nepotism in a country teetering on the brink of collapse, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has yet again gifted his misfit loyalists positions, which they obviously don’t have the required set of skills and qualifications to hold, at the country’s lucrative Petroleum agency. According to Peoples Gazette, the … Read more
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has warned motorists to desist from using mobile phones while refueling at filling stations to prevent fire outbreak. Mr Olusegun Daboh, DPR’s Operation Controller in Osun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Monday, that such an act was dangerous, “as petrol is highly inflammable’’. Read … 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) on Tuesday intensified efforts to curtail the incidence of gas explosion in Lagos State with the closure of seven Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants. The oil and gas industry regulator said the affected LPG (cooking gas) plants were sealed for not complying with the prerequisite safety standards and operating … Read more
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo field Office, has shut down 15 illegal patrol stations across Osun state for operating without license. Mr Ademola Makinde, DPR’s Operations Controller, who disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Osogbo, said the stations were sealed during routine surveillance by the department in the … Read more
No fewer than five petroleum stations and nine pumps have been sealed and penalised by the Department of Petroleum Resources in Enugu State for upscaling their pumps beyond the negligible range of 0.2. The clampdown was during a routine surveillance exercise by the agency within the Enugu metropolis to identify stations that hoard products and … 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
-Sanwo-olu meets with DPR leaders to bring lasting relief to residents of Ijegun over the activities of cluster oil depots in the area -DPR leaders said one of the causes of the oil spill is the deplorable state of the road -The leaders appealed to the government to build a hospital that could treat accident and … Read more
The Department of Petroleum Resources said on Monday that it has closed down 17 illegal LPG skid in Ibadan, the Oyo state and issued warning to nine filling plants in the second quarter of 2019. The Operations Controller of Ibadan Field Office of DPR, Mr. Oluyemi Olaonipekun, disclosed this in Ibadan on Monday while speaking … Read more
The Department of Petroleum Resources(DPR) has said Anambra, Enugu and Kogi states cannot be declared oil-producing states now because they have not met the necessary requirements. In a letter to the Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream, led by Senator Tayo Alasoadura(APC, Ondo Central), DPR explained that the states could only attain such status if the … Read more