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LequteMan
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According to Mr. Peter Idabor, the Director-General of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), a new amendment is underway to empower the agency through its act to address the problem of gas flaring in the country.
He said the issue of gas flaring had been the subject of discussions for a very long time and that oil companies were looking at the cost implication of tackling the problem especially since gas could be harnessed to generate electricity.
In the interim, he advised oil companies to use scrubbers to filter raw gas coming from their plants to reduce gas flaring in the country, adding that it would help to filter raw gas causing environmental pollution.
He said NOSDRA had been working hard to address the problem of oil spills in the Niger Delta.
He explained that all stakeholders, including NOSDRA, the community and the oil companies, among others, were involved in determining the cause of a spill and the information signed by all the parties.
NOSDRA was established by Act No. 15 of 2006 by the Federal Government, to address environmental degradation and devastation of the coastal ecosystem, especially in the oil-producing areas of the Niger-Delta region.
He said the issue of gas flaring had been the subject of discussions for a very long time and that oil companies were looking at the cost implication of tackling the problem especially since gas could be harnessed to generate electricity.
In the interim, he advised oil companies to use scrubbers to filter raw gas coming from their plants to reduce gas flaring in the country, adding that it would help to filter raw gas causing environmental pollution.
He said NOSDRA had been working hard to address the problem of oil spills in the Niger Delta.
He explained that all stakeholders, including NOSDRA, the community and the oil companies, among others, were involved in determining the cause of a spill and the information signed by all the parties.
NOSDRA was established by Act No. 15 of 2006 by the Federal Government, to address environmental degradation and devastation of the coastal ecosystem, especially in the oil-producing areas of the Niger-Delta region.