How to stop gas flaring, by NLNG

For Nigeria to eliminate gas flaring, the government must put in place adequate security measures for assets and personnel. It must also enforce operational best practices, Senior Business Strategy and Performance Analyst, Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), Ezekiel Adesina, said in Lagos.
He said there was need for new partnerships in gas flaring reduction initiatives and commitment by the government to investment, adding that technology is a vital tool in monetising stranded gas and reducing flaring.
The country, he said, would require partnership from foreign investors and also employ public-private partnership (PPP) initiative to achieve both technical capability and financial support for zero flaring.
He said in 2000, gas flaring was 38 per cent in terms of volume while in 2012, it was 11 per cent, which showed that Nigeria has taken off 27 per cent of stranded gas that had been put into utilisation. He said that within the period, a lot of improvement had been made in reducing gas flaring in the country.
He noted that if the right regulatory framework and fiscal policies were put in place, Nigeria would have zero flaring in the next couple of years. Other factors to be considered, he said, include the issue of viability and commerciality of the gas as well as unbundling the value chain in the sector. This, he said, would give room for many players to come into the sector. It would also help to ensure that the stranded gas are captured and commercialised.