Gas Flaring in Nigeria; The Niger Delta Chronicle

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Temitayo Bello
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Gas Flaring

scholarly journals Spatial patterns of gas flaring stations and the risk to the respiratory and dermal health of residents of the Niger Delta, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. e00762
Author(s):  
M.C. Nwosisi ◽  
O. Oguntoke ◽  
A.M. Taiwo ◽  
I.E. Agbozu ◽  
E.J. Noragbon
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Gas Flaring

Dispersion and emission patterns of NO2 from gas flaring stations in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
M. C. Nwosisi ◽  
O. Oguntoke ◽  
A. M. Taiwo
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Gas Flaring

scholarly journals Evaluation of Government’s Efforts to Mitigate the Adverse Effects of Gas Flaring in Host Communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
Nkemdilim I. Obi ◽  
Phillip T Bwititi ◽  
Ezekiel U. Nwose
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Gas Flaring ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Age And Gender Differences ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Chi Square Tests

Background: This is a 5th in the series on gas flaring in Niger Delta Nigeria and previous reports have highlighted health impact and comparison of communities, amongst others. Government have mitigation programs whose satisfaction in the communities of Niger Delta is unknown. Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate government’s efforts at mitigation and adaptation whether there are age and/or gender differences Methods: This was a quantitative survey cross-sectional study that used Likert scale questionnaire to generate views of the community on the behavioural change wheel (BCW) as well as mitigation and adaptation efforts of the government. Respondents were stratified into age groups and dichotomized in female or male and analysis involved multivariate analysis (MANOVA) to evaluate age and gender differences. Chi-Square tests were performed to assess associations between BCW components mitigation versus adaptation. Results: A total of 435 respondents were included and the results show levels of inconsistent age and gender differences. Men tended to agree more on government’s BCW albeit not significance achieved, while women agreed more mitigation and adaptation (p < 0.02). On age, the silent generation (>70 years old) group agreed more on BCW, but contrarily disagreed on mitigation and adaptation while younger generation agreed on the latter (0.001). Chi-Square tests show significance for association. Conclusion: This report highlights divergent views of the community on the discourse of government’s efforts at mitigation and adaptation of gas flaring in Niger Delta Nigeria, thereby providing empirical evidence of generational gap on environmental issue.

Resource Misgovernance and the Contradictions of Gas Flaring in Nigeria: A Theoretical Conversation

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeoye O Akinola
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Resource Extraction ◽  
Ecological Sustainability ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Cost Benefits ◽  
Gas Flaring ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost

Nigeria remains Africa’s largest energy producer and at the same time possesses one of the highest gas flaring rates in the continent. Gas flaring in the Niger Delta region, estimated at 75% of the entire gas produced in Nigeria, highlights the environmental abuse posed by resource extraction, and exposes the failure of successive governments to eliminate the threat it portends to human survival in the oil region. The federal government formally declared gas flaring illegal since 1984, but multinational oil companies continue to treat compliance as a matter of convenience and not of necessity. Despite persistent protests against environmental degradation by the oil-producing communities, the refusal of the oil companies to end gas flaring and complicity of the government remained sources of concern. In the light of these, the study examines the crux of the gas flaring imbroglio, assesses the cost–benefits of gas flaring, and explores how gas emissions to the atmosphere have threatened human existence and ecological sustainability in the Niger Delta oil region. The study reiterates the urgency to enforce a zero-gas-flaring policy in Nigerian oil communities.

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