Tag: Gas Flaring
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Health Hazard: Tinubu urged to declare emergency on gas flaring, end oil sector corruption
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to declare a state of emergency on gas flaring in Nigeria due to severe health problems in the Niger Delta region and wage a stern war against corruption in the oil sector. The Executive Producer of Insider the Niger Delta, Mamode Akugha, persuaded President Tinubu-led administration to urgently stop…
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Special Report: Poor Regulation Undermines Nigeria’s Race to Zero Routine Flaring by 2030
Nigeria is a signatory to the 2001 Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership principles that aim at a flare-out date of 2030, but the country’s race to zero routine flaring by the end of the decade is been undermined by inconsistent policies, weak implementation and apparent lack of political will by successive administrations. Gas flaring is…
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Nigeria, six others top gas flaring countries for nine consecutive years – World Bank
The World Bank says Russia, Iraq, Iran, the United States, Algeria, Venezuela and Nigeria remain the top seven gas flaring countries for nine years running. The bank said this on Wednesday in Washington D. C. in its gas flaring satellite data for 2020, compiled by World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR). It added…
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Sad! One dead in Akwa Ibom gas flaring accident
A certain employee of ExxonMobil has been confirmed dead and another wounded in a gas flaring accident that occurred at the processing unit of the Qua Iboe Terminal In the Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that the tragic incident occurred on December 13, 2020, when the victims both supervisors…
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Gov. Okowa calls for stringent measures to check gas flaring
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the federal government to put stringent measures in place to discourage gas flaring. Governor Okowa made the call on Monday in Asaba when participants of Course 41 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji led by Major-General Felix Edafioghor paid him a courtesy visit. He stated…
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NNPC sets 2020 deadline to end gas flaring
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it with ensure zero gas flaring compliance from oil fields in 2020. It has also reviewed upwards the penalty for every 1000 standard cubic feet (scf) of flared gas. Its Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Maikanti Baru, announced these measures during a panel session organised by the…
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We’ll end gas flaring in 2019 – Oil firm declares
Belema Oil Producing Limited, a major indigenous player in the nation’s oil and gas industry, says it will end gas flaring in its host communities in 2019. The Managing Director of the company, Mr Boma Brown, said this on Monday at a forum to introduce its operation model to its host communities in Port Harcourt.…
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DPR boss says Nigeria lost $850m to gas flaring
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said Nigeria, the ninth largest gas producing nation in the world, lost over 850 million dollars to gas flaring in 2015. Mrs Pat Maseli, Deputy Director, Head, Upstream, DPR, gave the statistics at the just concluded 10th Annual Sub-Saharan Africa Oil and Gas Conference in Houston, Texas, U.S.…