Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission

Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, a new entity formed as a result of the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act. The organization was formed after an extraction of the 'Upstream division' of the former sole industry regulator Department of Petroleum Resources, is a department under the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Its sister regulator - The Nigerian Midstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority was formed as a result of the merger of the "midstream and downstream division" of the defunct DPR, the defunct PPPRA, and the defunct Petroleum Equalization Fund Board. It monitors the upstream arm of the oil and... Wikipedia

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