Afrigather Between January 2022 and August 2023, the Nigerian authorities suffered a major monetary lack of about N843 billion as a result of burning of pure gasoline, as revealed by knowledge from the Nationwide Oil Spill Detection and Response Company (NOSDRA).
In its newest report on gasoline flaring, NOSDRA disclosed that oil and gasoline corporations working in Nigeria burned a considerable quantity of gasoline throughout this era.
From January to August 2022, they burned 147.1 billion normal cubic toes (SCF) of gasoline, valued at $514.9 million.
Moreover, throughout the identical interval in 2023, these corporations burned much more gasoline, totaling 171.1 billion SCF, valued at about $599 million, or N453 billion.
This quantities to a mixed lack of roughly N847 billion between the corresponding intervals within the earlier and present years.
In keeping with the report, the quantity of gasoline burned through the first eight months of 2023 was 16.28 % larger in comparison with the identical interval in 2022.
This wasted gasoline had the potential to generate a considerable quantity of electrical energy, roughly 17,100 gigawatts per hour, whereas additionally emitting 9.1 million tonnes of dangerous carbon dioxide into the ambiance.
The report additionally highlighted that the accountable corporations may face penalties totaling $342 million, or round N251 billion, though a good portion of those penalties haven’t been collected by the Federal Authorities.
Compared, the oil spill remediation company reported that, between January and August 2022, oil corporations confronted penalties of roughly $294 million (N223 billion) for oil spills.
The wasted gasoline in 2022 may have generated 14,700 gigawatt-hours of electrical energy and led to carbon dioxide emissions equal to 7,800 metric tonnes.
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Among the corporations answerable for gasoline flaring, in response to NOSDRA, embrace Shell Petroleum Improvement Firm, Nigerian Petroleum Improvement Firm, Chevron Nigeria, Mobil Oil, Elf Petroleum Nigeria, Nigeria Agip Oil Firm, Addax Petroleum, Texaco Abroad (Nigeria), Cromwell, South Atlantic Petroleum, and others.
These corporations burned gasoline from varied areas, together with Oil Mining Leases and Oil Prospecting Licenses.
This report follows the Nigerian authorities’s dedication to the United Nations in 2020 to realize zero gasoline flaring by 2060, a decade after the UN’s 2050 goal.
