Tag: DPR
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DPR dispenses petrol to motorists for free in Ogun
The Department of Petroleum Resources, Abeokuta Field Office, on Thursday dispensed petrol for free to motorists again in Abeokuta. The filling station, Daslap Petrol Station, Olomore, was allegedly caught selling above the official pump price. The team, led by its Head of Operations, Mr Kasali Akinade, said the action was necessary to make others comply…
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DPR shuts down two fuel stations in Calabar, warn against diversion
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Cross River has shut down town fillings stations for selling petrol above the government approved price of N145 per litre. Controller of DPR in Cross River, Mr Bassey Nkanga, who shut down the filling stations during surveillance on Wednesday in Calabar, said that the stations were violating the…
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NNPC, DPR intensify raid on errant fuel stations
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) have increased the tempo of unscheduled visits to fuel stations in Abuja suspected to be involved in underhand dealings. A statement by the NNPC said the raids, in collaboration with operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), had earlier led…
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Jubilation in Ogun as DPR sanctions filling station, dispenses fuel for free
There was wild jubilation on Monday at Mani Petrol Station, Mowe, Ogun State as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), sanctioned the owner and instructed him to dispense fuel for free to motorists. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Head of Operations, DPR office in the state, Kasali Akinade, had earlier visited the station…
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DPR seals four petrol stations in Edo for selling above N145
Officials of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed up four filling stations in Edo State for selling premium motor spirit otherwise known as fuel above government official approved prices of N145 per litre. The sealing of the filing stations followed outcry by members of the public that most filling stations were dispensing fuel…
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Oil: how Buhari’s men cause trouble for Nigeria
Mrs Edith Douglas The recent comprehensive disclosure in the media of how a new tension is mounting in the Niger Delta over President Muhammadu Buhari’s revocation of three oil blocks based on misleading advice from the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, is the latest example of how…
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DPR boss says Nigeria lost $850m to gas flaring
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said Nigeria, the ninth largest gas producing nation in the world, lost over 850 million dollars to gas flaring in 2015. Mrs Pat Maseli, Deputy Director, Head, Upstream, DPR, gave the statistics at the just concluded 10th Annual Sub-Saharan Africa Oil and Gas Conference in Houston, Texas, U.S.…
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DPR to destroy 1.5m liters of adulterated fuel
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has concluded plans to destroy 1.5 million contaminated off-specification (Off-Spec) petroleum products discharged by a vessel – MT JAZI at the Nakem Jetty depot, Kirikiri, which was discovered few days ago. The Director, DPR, Mordecai Ladan, who made this disclosure in Lagos on Monday, at a media briefing,…
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DPR seals 22 petrol stations in Borno for Inflating prices
For selling above recommended prices, the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR in Borno on Thursday sealed 22 petrol stations in the capital, Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that long queues are common sight in most filling stations in Maiduguri, with illegal hawkers (black marketers) selling five litres of petrol for N2, 000 to…
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DPR to check unauthorised hike in petrol price
The Department of Petroleum Resources in Bayelsa says it has stepped up its regulatory activities to check unauthorised hike in the price of petrol by marketers in the state. The Operations Controller of DPR in the state, Mr Asuquo Antai, on Thursday in Yenagoa said that the directorate had intensified surveillance and increased its patrols.…