THE NATION One person was feared dead and many injured at the weekend following an explosion at a gas plant in Rumuodomaya, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State. The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said its officials were at the…
THE NATION Bayelsa State government officials, regulatory agencies, environmentalists and representatives of impacted communities have begun preliminary investigations into the January 16, 2021 oil leak near Funiwa offshore facilities in Koluama with their visits. Recall that fishermen around the Atlantic…
AFRICA OIL AND GAS REPORT The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria’s hydrocarbon regulatory agency, started emailing letters to potential awardees of the country’s Marginal Fields Bid Round over the last week of 2020. But the fact that the agency…
NAIRAMETRICS The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has announced that it has shortlisted 161 successful companies to advance to the next and final stage of the bid round process for 57 marginal oilfields in the country. While making the disclosure…
LEADERSHIP You shouldn’t whistle and sneer at the same time. You simply shouldn’t. You will look ridiculous! Okay, whistle or sneer all you want, but just don’t do both together. One of the more daunting burdens of a commentator/chronicler is…
VANGUARD The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says there will not be a repeat of past mistakes made in previous exercises in the ongoing bid rounds for 57 marginal oilfields in the country. Mr Auwalu Sarki, Director, DPR, gave the…
Companies, including their promoters, indebted to the Federal Government will not be allowed to participate in the newly launched bid round for marginal oilfields, the Department of Petroleum Resources has said. The DPR, in a document obtained by correspondent, said…
THE GUARDIAN With a recent offer for its 57 marginal oil fields to investors after 17 years gathering momentum, the Federal Government, through the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said plans are underway to commercialise its 96 gas flare…
SWEET CRUDE REPORTS The Bayelsa Government has expressed readiness to negotiate the review of the revocation of its Oil Mining Licences, OML for 46 oilfields by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR. Mr Daniel Alabra, Acting Chief Press Secretary to…
RIPPLES NIGERIA The future does not belong to oil despite the fact that 90 per cent of Nigeria’s foreign exchange and 86 per cent of its total export earnings derive from oil. In its latest Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Annual Report, the…
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