Gas flaring and its impact on electricity generation in Nigeria

Adekomaya, Oludaisi; Jamiru, Tamba; Sadiku, Rotimi; Huan, Zhongjie; Sulaiman, Musediq Adedoyin

doi:10.1016/j.jngse.2015.12.042

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“…Petroleum is used either as a substitute source of energy to generate electricity, or as a means to power vehicles for transportation (Chigbu et al, 2016). The majority of the small, and medium enterprises (SMES) depend on petroleum to power their businesses since the national electricity source is unstable and unreliable (Adekomaya, Jamiru, Sadiku, Huan, & Sulaiman, 2016).…”

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A Need for Investment in Nigerian Crude Oil Refining and Infrastructures: A Panacea to Refined Petroleum Shortages and Economic Growth

Itsekor

2020

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Despite the abundance of occurring natural crude oil resources, Nigeria continually suffers shortages of refined petroleum products, which undermines economic development of the country. The purpose of this multicase study was to explore the strategic role of how investment in petroleum refineries and infrastructures can improve supply and hence mitigate shortages or scarcity of refined petroleum products in the petroleum supply chain and enhance economic development in Nigeria. The research participants comprise of ten senior leaders from two private-sector Nigerian downstream petroleum supply companies located in the Niger Delta region, who had effectively implemented strategies for petroleum supply. The conceptual framework for the study was the resource based view theory. Data were collected through semistructured face-to-face interviews and review of operational and policy documents from the supply or marketing petroleum companies. Data were transcribed, analyzed, and validated through member checking and triangulation. The discoveries indicate the need to establish more refineries, privatize the existing moribund refineries, and build more infrastructures in Nigeria. Findings may be used by petroleum leaders and investors to optimize available crude oil natural resources, and to create investment strategies in the petroleum supply chain, leading to product availability, sustainability, poverty reduction, and economic development in Nigeria.

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Section: Economy and Business Developmentmentioning

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A Need for Investment in Nigerian Crude Oil Refining and Infrastructures: A Panacea to Refined Petroleum Shortages and Economic Growth

Itsekor

2020

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“…The integration of biodegradable plastics to solve some of these challenges have also been reported to complicate waste management concepts [19,20,21]. The difficulty of sourcing biomass component of biodegradable materials has remained unresolved in many published works.…”

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Contributing Impact of Climate Change on Sustainability of Bio-Degradable Material-Adaptation of Alternative Measures

Adekomaya¹

2020

NIPES

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Containment of climate change requires a holistic approach from industrial players as experts face daunting challenges emanating from material use and reclamation. In view of effect of materials on environment, as revealed by non-recyclability of synthetic materials, this paper appraises existing climate change management options and proffer sustainable idea on mitigation of impact of climate change in most countries of the world. Water level are now rising with attendant loss in micro-structural base, couple with high temperature occasioned by depletion of ozone layer. Floods and droughts are among the existing barometers indicating the level of environmental resilience and carrying capacity. These parameters have been overstretched, a signal that may spell doom sooner than later. While the solution is still far from being over, this paper x-rays the worsening climate change despite the adaption of biodegradable materials in engineering applications. This paper discusses growing concerns on degradation of materials in engineering application thereby necessitating early replacement of materials as against their life span. Part of the approach discussed in this paper is the reinvigoration of recycling of used plastic materials as a sustainable reclamation option which tend to declines the global fossil fuel required in the manufacture of neat plastic and reduces the waste requiring disposal. This in a way, will save huge volume of fossil fuel required in the production of new plastic materials.

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“…As a result, oil companies generated much profit from the low value set as fine by the government because flaring is much cheaper than reinjection of the gas or utilizing it for other resourceful purposes. For example, the government charged N0.50 per million cubic feet (mcf) in the 1979 Associated Gas Reinjection Act for flaring (Adekomaya, Jamiru, Sadiku, Huan, & Sulaiman, 2016), US$0.67 in 1998 per mcf and $3.5 in the third quarter of 2011. According to CBN report, $137 million was generated between January 2005 and December 2011 as against the economic loss $2.5 billion on a yearly basis (Ojijiagwo, Oduoza, & Emekwuru, 2016).…”

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A Mixed Method Inquiry of Gas Flaring Consequences, Mitigation Strategies and Policy Implication for Environmental Sustainability in Nigeria

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Alademomi²,

Teye³

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Acknowledgement: We are grateful to Professor Ren Chong for providing helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper and warm appreciation to the Chinese Government Scholarship Council for providing the Corresponding Author with fully funded study grants to pursue his postgraduate studies at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). AbstractThe issue of gas flaring in Nigeria has become a topical one in view of the devastating effect it has in the socioeconomic lives of the people in the affected areas. This paper investigates the environmental implication and mitigating strategies of the victims in Nigeria. Mix method was adopted by conducting 60 semi-structured interviews in three communities. The data was transcribed and analyzed using ATLAS.ti and content analysis. Findings show that gas flaring is the major problem facing the Niger Delta communities having negative effects on resident's health, source of income and farm produce without any legal framework to curb it. Findings also show that people mitigate by using self-strategies such as nose mask, fertilizer for farm produce and boiling of drinking water. Data collected from government shows that there is an annual increase in gas production but gas flaring decreases at a slower rate as depicted in the graph. The paper is the first to conduct research on the coping strategy of the victims of gas flaring in Niger Delta and the importance of technology in eradicating gas flaring. The study recommended technology transfer from technologically advanced countries in capturing the associated gas instead of flaring it.

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Gas flaring and its impact on electricity generation in Nigeria

Cited by 27 publications

References 27 publications

A Need for Investment in Nigerian Crude Oil Refining and Infrastructures: A Panacea to Refined Petroleum Shortages and Economic Growth

A Need for Investment in Nigerian Crude Oil Refining and Infrastructures: A Panacea to Refined Petroleum Shortages and Economic Growth

Contributing Impact of Climate Change on Sustainability of Bio-Degradable Material-Adaptation of Alternative Measures

A Mixed Method Inquiry of Gas Flaring Consequences, Mitigation Strategies and Policy Implication for Environmental Sustainability in Nigeria

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