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FG, stop gas flaring, harness energy resources

"Gas flaring is associated with the burning of crude oil to extract petrol and other by-products. The fracking, or standard process of refining crude oil has contributed to environmental degradation and global warming."

INVESTIGATION: Rivers residents dying slowly as illegal oil refining worsens soot pollution

INVESTIGATION: Rivers residents dying slowly as illegal oil refining worsens soot pollution
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FG begins gas flare reduction with award of 45 licences in June

Gas flareThe Federal Government will next month award licences under the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialization Programme (NGFCP) to qualified bidders as part of efforts to end gas flaring in the country and expand her gas footprint. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, who disclosed this in Abuja, blamed the delay of the scheme on the marginal bid round, adding that with the licencing round off the table, the government would focus on the NGFCP and see to its completion before the end of June. x The World Bank had earlier in the month, said Russia, Iraq, Iran, the United States, Algeria, Venezuela and Nigeria remained the top seven gas flaring countries in the last nine years.

SPECIAL REPORT: How Delta women use heat from gas flaring sites to dry tapioca

With more than half its population lacking access to energy, Nigeria still wastes gas a major source of energy. The communities where the gas is flared are also bereft of any form of protection and empowerment. The stories of these women point to what would have been if only the government would add a smidgen of grit to its promise to turn wasted gas into money. ABIOSE ADELAJA ADAMS reports on the plight of women who use heat from gas flaring sites to dry tapioca. Advertisement Inside Eruemukohwarien, a community that is home to Ughelli East Gas Plant, it is always hot and bright. The residents don’t know the difference between the coolness of the night and the heat of the day, as raging flames have rolled out, noisily, non-stop, every day for the last 55 years.

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