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The oil industry is abusing the human rights of hundreds of thousands of people in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. So far, the Nigerian government can't or won't hold oil companies accountable. The Demand Dignity Campaign is pressuring multinational corporations like Shell, and the government of Nigeria, to clean up the Niger Delta. As part of that work, Amnesty International USA's new Eyes on Nigeria project uses the power of satellite technology to monitor oil industry abuses in the region.
A major source of oil pollution is the practice of gas flaring -- burning off excess gas as waste. Communities affected by flaring and organizations working on oil industry pollution have raised serious concerns about the risks to human health -- about which many questions remain unanswered. The poorest communities are among the hardest hit.
The people of the Niger Delta need a real deadline for ending gas flaring -- and they need full transparency about the health risks of flaring.
Amnesty International and its partners will deliver this petition to the Nigerian government, Shell, ENI, Total, Chevron and other multinational oil companies active in the Niger Delta.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/business-and-human-rights/oil-gas-and-mining-industries/end-gas-flaring-in-the-niger-delta

Can somebody tell me why we are still flaring gas we can actually sell and make good money

Yes.
It's because the Government is stupid and clueless. How much do buy cooking gas. I think since we have more than enough to use hence we are wasting some in flaring, gas should be either free or almost free in Nigeria.

idupaul:
Can somebody tell me why we are still flaring gas we can actually sell and make good money

When u start voting people with sense

emmanuelpopson:
The oil industry is abusing the human rights of hundreds of thousands of people in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. So far, the Nigerian government can't or won't hold oil companies accountable. The Demand Dignity Campaign is pressuring multinational corporations like Shell, and the government of Nigeria, to clean up the Niger Delta. As part of that work, Amnesty International USA's new Eyes on Nigeria project uses the power of satellite technology to monitor oil industry abuses in the region.
A major source of oil pollution is the practice of gas flaring -- burning off excess gas as waste. Communities affected by flaring and organizations working on oil industry pollution have raised serious concerns about the risks to human health -- about which many questions remain unanswered. The poorest communities are among the hardest hit.
The people of the Niger Delta need a real deadline for ending gas flaring -- and they need full transparency about the health risks of flaring.
Amnesty International and its partners will deliver this petition to the Nigerian government, Shell, ENI, Total, Chevron and other multinational oil companies active in the Niger Delta.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/business-and-human-rights/oil-gas-and-mining-industries/end-gas-flaring-in-the-niger-delta

How can gas flaring stop when the people of the Niger-Delta who live in the creeks, do not want it to come to an end? Oya, go there today and offload all the equipment, resources and personnel to set up a project to capture & process the gas, that is being flared. See what would happen:

1). Indigenous communities would kidnap your staff, under the pretext that they have no right to trespass on their land, even though you legitimately bought and paid for it in full; You even have the correct documentation pertaining to the transaction.

2). Militants and their ilk would steal or destroy your equipment, under the guise of demanding one development levy or the other - (it doesn't matter how much community levies you have paid in the past);

3). The security personnel would decline to offer you protection, claiming that your area isn't under their jurisdiction, or that they lack money, men and proper ammunition to offer your staff adequate protection;

So until the natives become more friendly and are willing to work with investors to put in place projects that would stop gas flaring, nothing would happen!! Abi na who be mumu??

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laudate:
How can gas flaring stop when the people of the Niger-Delta who live in the creeks, do not want it to come to an end? Oya, go there today and offload all the equipment, resources and personnel to set up a project to capture & process the gas, that is being flared. See what would happen:

1). Indigenous communities would kidnap your staff, under the pretext that they have no right to trespass on their land, even though you legitimately bought and paid for it in full; You even have the correct documentation pertaining to the transaction.

2). Militants and their ilk would steal or destroy your equipment, under the guise of demanding one development levy or the other - (it doesn't matter how much community levies you have paid in the past);

3). The security personnel would decline to offer you protection, claiming that your area isn't under their jurisdiction, or that they lack money, men and proper ammunition to offer your staff adequate protection;

So until the natives become more friendly and are willing to work with investors to put in place projects that would stop gas flaring, nothing would happen!! Abi na who be mumu??

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laudate:
How can gas flaring stop when the people of the Niger-Delta who live in the creeks, do not want it to come to an end? Oya, go there today and offload all the equipment, resources and personnel to set up a project to capture & process the gas, that is being flared. See what would happen:

1). Indigenous communities would kidnap your staff, under the pretext that they have no right to trespass on their land, even though you legitimately bought and paid for it in full; You even have the correct documentation pertaining to the transaction.

2). Militants and their ilk would steal or destroy your equipment, under the guise of demanding one development levy or the other - (it doesn't matter how much community levies you have paid in the past);

3). The security personnel would decline to offer you protection, claiming that your area isn't under their jurisdiction, or that they lack money, men and proper ammunition to offer your staff adequate protection;

So until the natives become more friendly and are willing to work with investors to put in place projects that would stop gas flaring, nothing would happen!! Abi na who be mumu??

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laudate:
How can gas flaring stop when the people of the Niger-Delta who live in the creeks, do not want it to come to an end? Oya, go there today and offload all the equipment, resources and personnel to set up a project to capture & process the gas, that is being flared. See what would happen:

1). Indigenous communities would kidnap your staff, under the pretext that they have no right to trespass on their land, even though you legitimately bought and paid for it in full; You even have the correct documentation pertaining to the transaction.

2). Militants and their ilk would steal or destroy your equipment, under the guise of demanding one development levy or the other - (it doesn't matter how much community levies you have paid in the past);

3). The security personnel would decline to offer you protection, claiming that your area isn't under their jurisdiction, or that they lack money, men and proper ammunition to offer your staff adequate protection;

So until the natives become more friendly and are willing to work with investors to put in place projects that would stop gas flaring, nothing would happen!! Abi na who be mumu??

All your points are already know to exists in the first instance. what we are saying is that the environmental degradation caused by this oil companies are so devastating. if only u live near a gas plant where gas is been flared..then you will know what is really going on there..

you are aware of our country's signatory to climate change so,the earlier we stop the so called gas flaring and convert the gases into other useful areas like power generation, domestic use,liquefied gas etc...

emmanuelpopson:
All your points are already know to exists in the first instance. what we are saying is that the environmental degradation caused by this oil companies are so devastating. if only u live near a gas plant where gas is been flared..then you will know what is really going on there..

you are aware of our country's signatory to climate change so,the earlier we stop the so called gas flaring and convert the gases into other useful areas like power generation, domestic use,liquefied gas etc...

Wake up and smell the coffee, bro'. How will gas flaring stop, if the locals do not allow those who are expected to process the gas to form LPG, CNG etc, and divert it to power, or for domestic use to do so?? When you continually kidnap their personnel and steal their equipment, how will the gas gathering projects to harness the gas being flared, end up being set up?? Will it be done by spirits or ghosts?

laudate:
Wake up and smell the coffee, bro'. How will gas flaring stop, if the locals do not allow those who are expected to process the gas to form LPG, CNG etc, and divert it to power, or for domestic use to do so?? When you continually kidnap their personnel and steal their equipment, how will the gas gathering projects to harness the gas being flared, end up being set up?? Will it be done by spirits or ghosts?

you are right bro...just an advocate of clean environment and sustainable energy to all and sundry.. I was amazed to seeing billion cubic feet of gas flared each year but nothing substantial is done... who do you blame at the long run? the government, host community or oil company??
are you an oil company worker?

emmanuelpopson:
you are right bro...just an advocate of clean environment and sustainable energy to all and sundry.. I was amazed to seeing billion cubic feet of gas flared each year but nothing substantial is done... who do you blame at the long run? the government, host community or oil company??
are you an oil company worker?

Who do I blame? Everyone... from government who has failed to enforce peace in the Niger-Delta, to the host community who are unruly, cantankerous and ready to cause conflict at the slightest drop of a hat, to the militants who are enemies of progress, to the oil companies who ought to be more serious with their remediation efforts.

dullard buhari when are you going to grow sense seems like you have one

laudate:
How can gas flaring stop when the people of the Niger-Delta who live in the creeks, do not want it to come to an end? Oya, go there today and offload all the equipment, resources and personnel to set up a project to capture & process the gas, that is being flared. See what would happen:

1). Indigenous communities would kidnap your staff, under the pretext that they have no right to trespass on their land, even though you legitimately bought and paid for it in full; You even have the correct documentation pertaining to the transaction.

2). Militants and their ilk would steal or destroy your equipment, under the guise of demanding one development levy or the other - (it doesn't matter how much community levies you have paid in the past);

3). The security personnel would decline to offer you protection, claiming that your area isn't under their jurisdiction, or that they lack money, men and proper ammunition to offer your staff adequate protection;

So until the natives become more friendly and are willing to work with investors to put in place projects that would stop gas flaring, nothing would happen!! Abi na who be mumu??

What is this one saying? Gas flaring that has been in existence since crude oil went commercial in Nigeria and you are here listing these lame reasons as the cause of continuous gas flaring in the Niger Delta.

laudate:
Who do I blame? Everyone... from government who has failed to enforce peace in the Niger-Delta, to the host community who are unruly, cantankerous and ready to cause conflict at the slightest drop of a hat, to the militants who are enemies of progress, to the oil companies who ought to be more serious with their remediation efforts.

When it comes to gas flaring the Nigerian Government is to blame. Or was the gas flaring at the rifinery(when it was functioning) in Kaduna as a result of the host communities not allowing the government to do their job?

Ekinematics:
What is this one saying? Gas flaring that has been in existence since crude oil went commercial in Nigeria and you are here listing these lame reasons as the cause of continuous gas flaring in the Niger Delta.

Keep it civil, pls. Gas is flared during crude production, in areas where there are no gas processing facilities close to such oil fields, to gather the gas & process it. Gas is also flared as a temporary measure to get rid of waste gaseous products, in a refinery. Educate yourself, bro'.

Nigeria flares 17.2 billion m3 of natural gas per year in conjunction with the exploration of crude oil in the Niger Delta. This high level of gas flaring is equal to approximately one quarter of the current power consumption of the African continent.

Gas flaring is the burning of natural gas that is associated with crude oil when it is pumped up from the ground. In petroleum-producing areas where insufficient investment was made in infrastructure to utilize natural gas, flaring is employed to dispose of this associated gas.

Also chemical factories, oil refineries, oil wells, rigs and landfills, gaseous waste products and sometimes even non-waste gases produced are routed to an elevated vertical chimney called a gas flare and burnt off at its tip, This is called gas flaring. Waste gases are subjected to such a process either because the gases are waste or it is difficult to store and transport them. Non-waste gases are burnt off to protect the processing equipment when unexpected high pressure develops within them. Gas flaring in oil rigs and wells contribute significantly to greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.

- Negative Effects of Gas Flaring: The Nigerian Experience http://pubs.sciepub.com/jephh/1/1/2/

If host communities are hostile to the investors and companies who wish to set up gas gathering/processing facilities, in order to utilise the gas instead of flaring it, then what happens? The gas continues to be flared.

Govt has tried to do its bit by promulgating laws against gas flaring, and prescribing penalties to curb the act. but govt and the IOCs need to invest in gas processing facilities, in order to be able to process the gas and earn revenue from it. The incessant kidnapping and unrest by militants in the Niger-Delta has made new investments in this area quite difficult. The hostile nature of the local communities is also not helping.

If indeed, it is correct that the country losses so much in revenue as a result of gas flaring, the question that comes to mind is why gas flaring has not been eradicated? Some argue it is as a result of lack of political will on the part of the government. Others believe it is as a result of the unavailability of the infrastructure required to control gas flaring.

There are some who may also suggest there is no available market for domestic gas products and the low price of gas is discouraging.

Whatever the case may be, the focal point is that an end to gas flaring is achievable as evidenced in countries like Netherlands and Norway which have gas-flaring policies that are worthy of emulation.

In Norway for example, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate which is a department within the petroleum ministry, is dedicated to supervising petroleum activities, gas flaring and air emissions. Furthermore, every company applying for a gas flaring permit in Norway is required to identify the measures it has put in place to ensure that the effect of gas flaring on environmental pollution is minimal.

Investment Prospects

Energy experts project that the economic strength in gas will exceed that of oil by 2015. Therefore, the Federal Government in a bid to boost the gas sector has set up the Gas Master Plan.

The Gas Master Plan is a strategic framework towards achieving a wholly competitive market driven domestic gas sector and for the implementation of gas grid infrastructures amongst others.

Based on the recent level of commitment expressed by the Federal Government in the sale of power generation and distribution companies to private investors, the implementation of the Gas Master- Plan therefore, becomes critical to the Federal Government's short and medium term strategies for power generation. If this same attitude is shown in respect of the Gas Master Plan, the ripple effect will create enormous potential opportunities for investors in the gas sector.

The quantity of natural gas lost to gas flaring could have been utilised as a potent source of energy in light of the increasing demand for electricity and pressing need for more power generation capacity in Nigeria. To this end, gas fired power plant is a veritable alternative. Investment opportunities also present themselves with respect to transportation of gas from the well or construction of gas pipelines for delivery of gas to power plants.http://www.mondaq.com/Nigeria/x/331578/Oil+Gas+Electricity/Gas+Flaring+In+Nigeria+Challenges+Investment+Opportunities

you know that bottle water you didn't finish but threw away coz you can afford another one



yes same applies the damned fg will rather waste the gas rather then sell to citizens at a really really really really really really really cheap rate


its like saying you'll rather burn your cash than give it to beggers who need it coz of superstitious beliefs