The Department of Petroleum Resources has said delivery of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), otherwise called cooking gas, to consumers in their homes, is illegal as it defies environment and safety rules.

Mr Tamunoiminabo Kingsley-Sundaye, the Operations Controller of DPR in Akwa Ibom made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket on Monday.

In its quest to drive its health, safety and environment mantra, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has made known its resolve to address key challenges...

The Department of Petroleum Resources, (DPR), has said its commitment to optimising value creation and addition to the Nigerian economy is unwavering. The agency said it would continue to stimulate industry competitiveness and investments influx through analysis and valuation of producing and non producing oil assets for viability and net worth purposes. This comes after…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, at the weekend said two modular refineries would be commissioned in Delta and Rivers states in December. Speaking at the 2018 graduation of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Effurun, he added that government had issued licences for 38 of the facilities currently at different stages…

Nigerian Senate on Wednesday blamed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) for the death of over 150 Nigerians involved in spillage. The 150 persons died when an abandoned pipeline from which they were scooping fuel exploded. The pipeline is owned by Pipeline and Products Marketing Company, (PPMC). A senator…

Three people were injured in an explosion in Ukraine's rebel stronghold Donetsk on Saturday, including a candidate for the post of the self-proclaimed republic's leader. The incident took place just four weeks after the head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko was killed in a bombing at a cafe in broad daylight. Saturday's…

Disturbed by the poor safety compliance of private fuel depot operators, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has announced a new safety requirement to prevent fires at the facilities.

Following a legislative inquiry into lease renewal, industry regulator, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has reiterated that it followed due process in validating licences for oil and gas prospecting in Nigeria.

The Federal Government’s desire to grow Nigeria’s strategic oil reserves to about 40 billion barrels and daily crude oil production to four million barrels per day may suffer setback...

Prof. Akin Akindoyeni is the Chairman of Council, Institute of Oil and Gas Research and Hydrocarbon Studies. Akindoyeni, who served as Director General, Institute of Policy & Strategic Studies as well as Vice Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has unveiled plans to release new guidelines to govern Nigeria’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sector.    To achieve this, DPR will embark on stakeholders’ engagement in the LPG industry with a view to fashioning new guides on life threatening issues being taken for granted by operators in the industry.…