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ogunwale321:
What is the essence of giving out what you yourself fail to have in excess?

AnanseK:
I am not disappointed. I don’t expect wailers to see anything good in exporting Nigeria to the world.

Gas Pipeline Deal:
Nigeria, Morocco sign 5000 km gas pipeline, fertiliser deals

Shakirudeen Taiwo | 11:33 | 18.05.2017

http://www.pulse.ng/bi/politics/gas-pipeline-deal-nigeria-morocco-sign-5000-km-gas-pipeline-fertiliser-deals-id6697403.html

seguno2:
Ask yourself, how many times will Buhari and his lie lie APC people sign the same agreement that they signed last year

AnanseK:
I am not disappointed. I don’t expect wailers to see anything good in exporting Nigeria to the world.

GoodMuyis:
Over 60% of NLG is being flared (release to air), so we have abundant, what we need is price cut

luckyogor:
No wahala,it will be cancelled in 2019.

givan:
Good. But though Nigeria has huge deposits of NLG in its Niger-Delta basin, corruption, lack of political will power and technical-know-how had made our natural gas industries unattractive for years.

So, building a gas pipeline without developing the industries which would supply the pipeline with gas is a white elephant project.

The Moroccans would have think of this thoroughly if they had a Parliament, independent of the monarch's control. Their monarch is just about wasting it depleting funds just to gain access to ECOWAS membership and consolidate its hold on the independent state of western Sahara.

In another news: Buhari still remains a failure!

richeeyo:
You are a fool
Who do you think supplies west Africa gas line
Goat,

obailala:
Huh?! Nigeria burns away billions of dollars yearly through flaring of useful natural gas but you actually think the reason is because of an inability to review some petty laws or lack of technology?... Wow!.. That's a very erroneous assertion!

Are you aware that natural gas is far far cheaper than diesel to run power generating plants?... There are thousands of industries scattered around Nigeria running on diesel and which could have their production costs cut down by over 50% if they had access to that gas being burnt away in the delta region. But it is one thing to have excess gas in the oil production fields and it is another thing to get that gas to the doorsteps of consumers who need it. If I may even ask, what exactly is the "technology" you talk about which is lacking?.. Technology to make the associated gas disappear without having to be flared?

FYI, the simple reason Nigeria still flares gas is because we do not have the necessary infrastructure to utilize the gas locally or to sell the gas in the international market. By infrastructure I mean, the necessary gas distribution pipeline network to get the gas from the production fields to the door steps of industrial and domestic consumers, or trans-national export pipelines to deliver the gas to international consumers. Good thing we currently have the NLNG plant which liquefies and sells a microscopic fraction of Nigeria's gas, but in order to end flaring, Nigeria would need over 10 of NLNGs, in addition to trans-national pipelines and local distribution pipelines to get gas to industries. For all these to be fulfilled, it would cost several tens of billions of dollars; the dearth of these funds, coupled with the typical Nigerian factor (corruption and bad leadership) is the reason Nigeria still languishes with flaring.

Once again I would state it clearly that any initiative such as this which can enable Nigeria make money out of the enormous gas resources it burns away daily is a very welcomed idea. I'm not aware of the current progress of the west African gas pipeline, but if Nigeria through any kind of help whatsoever can get a gas pipeline to Morocco, then that automatically connects us to the European (gas thirsty) market. So I struggle to see how anyone can think this is a bad development, except such a person is only capable of viewing things from the angle of politics.

obibolamusa:
please, we are not flaring gas cos there is no means to sell

obibolamusa:
For those your post might actually misinform, I will reply you in four paragraphs each answering one paragraph. But, i will also advise that you simply google 'gas flaring in Nigeria' and read up one or 2 articles in journals, it will help more than me.

1. I stand by my assertion. The technology used to eliminate gas flaring such as 're-injection' is actually very very very costly. And its not your road side kind of technology so yes, ability to implement it must be sourced outside the country. The amount paid per cubic meter of gas flared is so small that oil companies rather pay it than spend such amount of money on technology. Guess what, its not up to 100 naira and that law has not been touched for almost 30 years. One law that could have addressed it is the PIB, but it was killed for selfish reasons by corrupt Nigerians benefiting from existing arrangments.Same PIB would have helped Nigeria Gas Master Plan which will in turn bring in investors that could have even invested into the technology to eliminating gas flaring so they will benefit. Not as if the NASS is not aware, believe me, they are. Dont forget that our oil exploration and exploitation is a joint venture, in case of any expenses to stop gas flaring, Nigeria will bear up to 60% cost of it. Only this alone has been one of the numerous factors hindering it among others.

2. Its now obvious you dont know what is gas flaring. The associated gases must be released before oil can come. Due to pressure and worst environmental hazards, they are burnt to reduce pressure. Its not of late that countries started implementing the technology. Some have achived more while some like Russia are still far including Nigeria. Its far cheaper to flare and thats why Russia dont care. All the associated gases na market, serious money, and you somehow believe that if its easy for the oil companies to do, they wouldnt have been collecting it and selling?.. Google 'gas flaring + re-injection'.


3. Well, i advise that you read up articles, i simply dont know how i will help you in this your assertion. Please, selling of gas has never been a problem for Nigeria. please, dont believe you know.. use google..

4. Na wa ooo.. When has excess product become a problem in Nigeria? I dont know if you maybe you stay outside the country but am very sure you are simply saying what you think is right. or maybe you think am against Buhari and you are defending him at which point i doubt if i can be of any help to you.