In a bid to drastically cut down gas flaring and convert flared gas to economic use, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has launched the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialization Programme (NGFCP). Since the start of commercial oil production in the country, the flaring of associated gas has become commonplace in Nigeria because the oil producers do not derive sufficient economic benefits from the utilisation or production of associated gas.
Despite recent efforts by the FGN to encourage the utilisation of natural gas for power generation and industrialisation, the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership has reported that Nigeria is the 7th highest gas flaring country in the world. About 800 million standard cubic feet (Mmscf) of gas is flared every day from approximately 144 gas flare points across Nigeria.