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The Federal Government said it would optimise the country’s abundant gas resource to achieve the transition to low carbon energy sources. x
Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, said this assertion at the 2021 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) on Tuesday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the conference has as its theme: “The Future of Energy – A Trilogy of Determinants: Climate Change, Public Health, and the Global Oil Market.”
Sylva said: “The scenario being projected by some energy experts is that energy transition to low carbon energy sources would make the world a better living place with a cleaner climate.
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By Femi Ogunshola
Abuja, Feb. 15, 2021 The House of Representatives has reassured on ending gas flaring in the petroleum industry in Nigeria.
Rep. Nicholas Mutu, the chairman House Committee on Gas Resources Environment and Climate Change, said this at a one -day public hearing on the need to end gas flaring in the country on Monday in Abuja.
He said notwithstanding the delay, the House would address the issue and work with stakeholders to end gas flaring within the shortest possible time.
Mutu said that the committee would gather inputs from stakeholders on ways and means by which legislative steps could be taken to stop continuous flaring of associated gas.