The Federal Government, Monday, announced plans to reactivate all moribund and dormant oil and gas support facilities nationwide. This, according to a statement by the DPR in Abuja, was part of efforts to boost Nigeria’s production capacity both in the upstream and downstream petroleum industry and create employment opportunities. Director, Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, […]

The Department of Petroleum Resources on Monday inaugurated an initiative aimed at tackling accidents associated with oil and gas operations through the use of helicopters to ensure the safety of lives. The Director/Chief Executive Officer, DPR, Mr Sarki Auwalu, while speaking at the inauguration of the Search, Rescue and Surveillance Programme, said the initiative was […]

The Nigerian minister in charge of the oil sector, Sylva Timipre, was received on February 19 in Libreville by his Gabonese counterpart, Vincent de Paul Massassa. The latter is visiting Gabon as special envoy of the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries (OPEC) in African countries members of this institution (which defends the interests of petroleum producing […]

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has dismissed media reports that it uncovered a ‘missing 2 million barrels of crude’ in oil production records by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) between 2016 and 2018. The DPR described the allegations as false and baseless. The report had alleged that SPDC which was allegedly found culpable had admitted […]

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has charged International Operating Oil and Gas Companies to emulate Total Exploration and Production Company (Total E&P) in sponsoring new projects and stop being deterred by the delayed passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). He gave the charge recently when […]

The Nigerian Oil and Gas Park being developed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) at Emeyal 1, Bayelsa State would be completed in the 4th quarter of 2022, the Executive Secretary NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has said. He spoke on Wednesday after inspecting construction work at the project site in company […]

Nigeria’s owned oil company is renegotiating commercial contract terms with multinational oil firms, in a move that it hopes will keep investment flowing into the sector crucial for its economy at a time when spending is being slashed owning to the uncertainties occasioned by corona virus pandemic.  Africa’s largest oil exporter and biggest economy relies […]

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Norwegian oil company Equinor in a long-battled case over profit from its stake in the Agbami oilfield, a company spokesman said on Friday 05, 2021. According to the company’s spokesman Erik Haaland, the milestone ruling has ended the long legal proceedings. It alleviates more than 10 years […]

The Federal Government is expecting to generate at least $500m in revenue (N189.5bn) from the ongoing marginal field bid round, the Department of Petroleum Resources has said. The DPR also said the successful bidders would be allowed for the first time in the nation to pay the acquisition cost of the oilfields in naira. The […]

The Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Sarki Auwalu, in an interview update on the ongoing 2020 bid exercise for the 57 marginal oil fields. Source DPR: Where are we with the 57 marginal fields and what is the guarantee that this time around, the concern about merit, capacity, […]