The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Tuesday, maintained that irrespective of seeming opposition against its continued use, crude oil and gas would continue to remain relevant well into the future. In his goodwill address at the ongoing 45th edition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Nigeria Council (SPENC) Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE), Director and Chief Executive of the DPR, Engineer Sarki Auwalu, who allayed concerns over the future of crude oil globally, stated that the continued relevance of the resource would be due to several factors. He described these factors as availability, accessibility, affordability, reliability, and efficiency, adding that this character of petroleum gives it a degree of comparative advantage over emerging energy alternatives for secured and stable energy supply.
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