Gas flaring puts the equivalent of over 400m tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere The process known as "gas flaring" has been condemned as a danger to the environment and human health, as well ...

Gas flaring, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, saw a significant increase in 2023, reaching the highest level since 2019. The World Bank's Zero Routine Flaring initiative, endorsed by ...

Major groups in the Niger Delta used the opportunity of the World Environment Day (WED) to demand for full implementation of ...

Mkpoikana UdomaPort Harcourt — The Media Awareness and Justice Initiative, MAJI, has called on the Federal Government to immediately end gas flaring and strengthen environmental regulation, warning ...

A World Bank report outlines the amount of excess natural gas that is burned off, a practice that wastes energy and increases climate-warming emissions. The amount of natural gas flared worldwide ...

Despite ratifying the Paris Agreement in May 2017, experts say Nigeria presently shows little sign of meeting its ...

For decades, the sight of roaring flames lighting up the night sky in Nigeria’s Niger Delta has been both a symbol of oil wealth and a reminder of environmental neglect. Gas flaring, long treated as ...

Gas flaring in the Niger Delta continues unabated, causing significant harm to local communities, according to His Royal Majesty Bubawaye Dakolo Agada IV, Chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional ...

An emissions report LNG Canada filed to the B.C. Energy Regulator details operational issues at the plant in March, as it continued to surpass the amount of gas it is allowed to burn off through ...

Wärtsilä has developed the GasReformer, a product which converts associated gas, which is often flared, into usable fuel for its dual-fuel engines. When producing oil, associated gas is also released ...

On January 15 the World Bank’s Global Flaring and Methane Reduction (GFMR) Partnership hosted a technical webinar to showcase significant advancements in monitoring global emissions from gas flaring.

Industry experts said reducing flaring is technically possible but often requires substantial investment in infrastructure and gas evacuation systems.