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DPR moves to ensure SOP in petroleum depots

DPR moves to ensure SOP in petroleum depots

File photo: DPR official sealing a fuel station

By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT— The Department for Petroleum Resources, DPR,  has moved to ensure that Standard Operating Procedures, SOP, are in place in all the depots.

File photo: DPR official

DPR said the move was to ensure that hazards which occur during operations are brought under control, adding that every installation ought to adhere to SOP.

DPR Zonal Comptroller, Port Harcourt, Dr. Joseph Briggs, made the disclosure in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during a briefing on the forthcoming  maiden edition of Annual General Meeting of DPR and Downstream Sector Operators in the zone.

Briggs said the meeting would focus on educating dealers to comply fully with safety and environmental laws in their operations.