Department of Petroleum Resources


Department of Petroleum Resource is a department under the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, DPR has the statutory responsibility of ensuring compliance to petroleum laws, regulations and guidelines in the Oil and Gas Industry. The discharge of these responsibilities involves monitoring of operations at drilling sites, producing wells, production platforms and flowstations, crude oil export terminals, refineries, storage depots, pump stations, retail outlets, any other locations where petroleum is either stored or soldIt also oversees the safety and other regulations that relate to the exportation and importation of the products into the country. As part of its activities, the department manages the upstream and downstream sectors in Nigeria petroleum industry. The Federal Government of Nigeria introduces National Production Monitoring Systems to monitor the royalty payables and demand notices from all organizations dealing in petroleum in Nigeria.
The department is headed by The Director of Petroleum Resources, being the head of the management. Currently, Engr. Auwalu Sarki is the director at DPR. The DPR is responsible to the FMPR

Overview

DPR started as Hydrocarbon section under the Ministry of Lagos Affairs, with direct supervision from the Governor-General. In 1970, the name DPR was carved out due to the expansion of activities in the ministry. By the beginning of 1971 the FGN created Nigerian National Oil Corporation, to manage commercial operational activities in the petroleum industry. The department became the MPR in 1975. In 1977, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was formed by the decree 33 of 1977 through the merger of MPR and NNOC. It also, led to the creation of Petroleum Inspectorate, the industry regulator. In 1985, the MPR was carved out of NNOC while NNPC remains. In the same year, the PI was moved backed to the MPR.