[FILES] A gas flare burns at the Batan flow station operated by Chevron under a joint-venture arrangement with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the onshore and offshore assets in the Niger Delta region . / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI HOST Communities Producing Oil and Gas in Nigeria (HOSTCOM) has tasked international oil companies (IOCs) to make specific commitment to end gas flaring in the country. It drew attention to the impacts of gas flaring on the environment, ecosystem, climate change, agriculture, cultural heritage, livelihoods and health of oil and gas producing states and communities of the Niger Delta. National President of HOSTCOM, Chief Benjamin Style Tamanarebi, highlighted the consequences of gas flaring at the House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee hearing on ending gas flares.