Tag: Gas flaring
NNPC Ltd/First E&P JV achieves 96% reduction in routine gas flaring
The reduction in AG flaring aligns with the regulatory framework set forth by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC),…
Reps begin probe into $2.5bn annual loss to gas flaring
By EricJames Ochigbo The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas has inaugurated an Ad hoc Committee to…
Nigeria among world’s top seven gas flaring countries
Russia, Iraq, Iran, the United States, Algeria, Venezuela and Nigeria remain the top seven gas flaring countries for nine years…
MOSOP president worried over impact of gas flaring, oil spillage
Mr Fegalo Nsuke, President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has decried the impact of gas…
Gas flaring: Nigeria loses N217bn annually, Senate proposes stiffer sanctions
The Senate on Thursday considered a bill which proposes stiffer sanctions for any person or corporate entity involved in gas…
Nigeria loses N197bn to gas flaring in one year – Senate
The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Gas to immediately review and recommend upwards penalty for defaulters of Nigeria’s…
Nigeria loses $2.5bn to gas flaring – Expert
Mr Chinedu Onyeizu, Chief Executive Officer, AfriPERA, an Energy and Infrastructure Policy research organisation, says Nigeria loses about 2.5 billion…
Gas flaring: Oil firm pledges to end practice in 2019
Belema Oil Producing Limited, a major indigenous player in the nation’s oil and gas industry, says it will end gas…
FG Urged To End Gas Flaring By 2018
An Environmentalist, Mr Iniruo Wills has called on the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to use executive order to declare Dec.31,…
NNPC Pledges Support To Stop Gas Flaring
Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Sunday pledged to support any…
Oil Exploration: Lagos’ll adopt measures to curb gas flaring, youths’ restiveness – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday said his administration is putting measures in place to address the issue of…
Nigeria loses $850m to gas flaring in 2015 – DPR
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said that Nigeria, the ninth largest gas producing nation in the world, lost over…
Nigeria to sign UN gas flaring agreement
With the support of the National Assembly, Nigeria intends to sign the United Nations Agreement on Zero Routing Gas Flaring…
Nigeria to end gas flaring by 2030
With the support of the National Assembly, Nigeria intends to sign the United Nations Agreement on Zero Routing Gas Flaring…
Total to stop gas flaring in Nigeria
Total, a French oil and gas company, has expressed its determination to be the first multinational oil and gas company…