The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) is set to roll out a digitalisation programme to automate its critical operations, enhance efficiency of its regulatory deliverables and accelerate recovery of outstanding revenues due to the government.
This is contained in a statement by the by Paul Osu of the Public Affairs Department, which said the programme, when rolled out, will improve regulatory service delivery to stakeholders, promote transparency and effective monitoring of the oil and gas industry, enhance the ease of doing business in the oil and gas sector in alignment with the government’s executive order 001, and upgrade the DPR’s operational standards to world-class levels.
According to him, one of the automation project in the works is IMPEX (Import and Export) Permit digitalisation. The project will automate the administrative role of issuing import and export permits on petroleum products. It will ensure timely and transparent automation for ease of obtaining permits for importing or exporting petroleum products.
Fiscal Payment Administrative System (FISPAS) is designed to enhance the collection of government revenue like royalty, concession rentals, and flare penalty, among others. It will ensure timely and transparent e-billing of companies, thereby enhancing the government’s revenue profile.
Smart Inspector is the electronic monitoring/reporting system of petroleum product retail outlets nationwide. It ensures generation of real-time and accurate data of retail outlets and has the overall objective of curbing irregularities in the provision of service to customers by retail outlets.
It will be recalled that in 2014, DPR automated the process of issuing oil and gas industry service permit (OGISP), a statutory requirement issued to Nigerian registered companies seeking to render services in the oil and gas industry, is categorised into the general, major and specialised categories.
It was later followed by the National Production Monitoring System (NPMS ) launch, which is designed to receive in real time oil and gas production data from the fields and enhance transparency of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry in alignment with government’s aspiration.
The DPR wishes to assure all stakeholders that we will continue to strive for excellence with integrity in the discharge of our regulatory oversight functions to the oil and gas sector in Nigeria, he said.
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