The National Assembly has asked the Department of Petroleum Resources to begin a daily reporting exercise of oil and gas production and sale to the senate.

According to the Senate Committee on Petroleum, the records are to be submitted on a monthly basis.

Chairman of the Committee, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, said the data would give an opportunity to have deeper knowledge of activities in the petroleum sector.

The demanded petroleum industry activities will include, data on seismic activities, crude oil production, lifting and allocations as well as exports by destination.

Other details are receipts, gas production, utilisation, sales, transmission and exports.