Natural gas flaring, with its harmful environmental, health, and economic effects, is common
in the Nigerian oil and gas industry because of a lower tax regime for flared gases. Based on …

Nigeria is the second largest gas flaring nation in the world. Flaring of associated gas during
oil production has a significant impact on the environment, health and finances of the nation …

Several research findings confirmed that gaseous emissions and thermal radiation emanate
from flaring activities during separation of oil from gas in the petroleum upstream operations …

Globally, climate change and its adverse effects on the human population and the
environment has necessitated significant research on the sustainable use of natural …

The demand for cleaner burning liquid and solid fuels has been increasing from the global
issues of environmental concern. Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) is the technology that allows the …

Though Nigeria possesses one of the largest natural gas reserves in the world, it is
unfortunate that we are still one of the major gas flaring nations in the world. Besides the …

Gas flaring is a global problem affecting oil-producing countries. The Nigerian petroleum
industry is not an exemption. Gas flaring is responsible for the emission of greenhouse gas …

Environmental risk concerns that risks that have adverse effects on the environment and
people. In another context, gas flaring is mainly used to dispose of associated gases with …

Nigeria flares more natural gas associated with oil extraction than any other country on the
planet, with estimates suggesting that of the 3.5 billion cubic feet (100,000,000 m3) of …

Nigeria has one of the largest ten natural gas reserves in the world and roughly 50% of the
deposits are discovered in association with oil. Over the years most of the associated gas is …