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The Legal Framework for Combating Gas Flaring in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry: Can It Promote Sustainable Energy Security?

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  • Olusola Joshua Olujobi

    (Department of Public and International Law, College of Law, Afe Babalola University, Ado 360101, Ekiti State, Nigeria)

  • Tunde Ebenezer Yebisi

    (Department of Public and International Law, College of Law, Afe Babalola University, Ado 360101, Ekiti State, Nigeria
    Department of Private and Business Law, Provost College of Law, Afe Babalola University, Ado 360101, Ekiti State, Nigeria)

  • Oyinkepreye Preye Patrick

    (Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, Elizade University, Ilara Mokin 360101, Ondo State, Nigeria)

  • Afolabi Innocent Ariremako

    (Nigeria Department Linguistics and Languages, Federal University Oye Ekiti, Oye 360101, Ekiti State, Nigeria)

Abstract

Gas flaring is a global problem affecting oil-producing countries. The Nigerian petroleum industry is not an exemption. Gas flaring is responsible for the emission of greenhouse gas, depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, and climate change. The study aims to offer legal panaceas to the menace of gas flaring, which has affected Nigeria’s economy. Many scholars have raised concerns and the need for discontinuance of gas flaring in Nigeria due to its adverse effect on oil-producing areas and human health. The study adopts a doctrinal legal research method, exploring both primary and secondary sources of information to achieve its aim. The study finds that weak enforcement of the existing anti-gas-flaring laws in Nigeria made some oil companies flare gas. The study designs a hybrid model or mechanism for combating the menace and advocates that defaulting companies should be made to pay dearly for violation of anti-gas-flaring laws to promote the commercialisation of fled gas. The study recommends stringent enforcement of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 and advocates replication of the provisions of the anti-gas-flaring laws of other advanced climes, especially the selected case-study countries where gas flaring has been abated. The study further advocates the need for the use of sophisticated or advanced technologies in oil and gas operations. In conclusion, it is believed that if the government adopts and implements stringent laws, it would combat gas flaring in Nigeria.

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  • Olusola Joshua Olujobi & Tunde Ebenezer Yebisi & Oyinkepreye Preye Patrick & Afolabi Innocent Ariremako, 2022. "The Legal Framework for Combating Gas Flaring in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry: Can It Promote Sustainable Energy Security?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-20, June.
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