The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says the Federal Government’s plans to increase the nation’s oil and gas reserves, are on course and being boosted by strategic policies and programmes. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Osu said the national aspiration of Nigeria…
The Department of Petroleum Resources has faulted the claim by the Nigeria Customs Service that it was partly responsible for the continued smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol, which has been subsidised by the Federal Government. The Head, Downstream Department, DPR, Bashir Sodiq, said filling stations along the land borders now get less…
There is currently a move by the National Assembly to scrap the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR; the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA; and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Leadership reports. This will be done through the new version of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, and the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB.…
The Katsina State field office of Department for Petroleum Resources, DPR, on Friday disclosed that about 450,000 litres of fuel supplied to the state were diverted insisting that diversion of the product remained the major challenge. Addressing newsmen during the routine monitoring exercise, the DPR operations controller for Katsina Field Office, Mohammed Aminu Sani said…
Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, says it has issued 21 licences to investors to establish new refineries in Nigeria. The agency, in a statement at the weekend, disclosed that 25 private refinery licences were granted to companies with 21 in the Licence to Establish, LTE, category, while four are in the Approval to Construct, ATC,…