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Title
EVALUATION OF GAS FLARING IN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; CASE STUDY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES IN NIGER DELTA REGION, NIGERIA.
Creator
Arinze Okafor
Description
The purpose of this research is to evaluate gas flaring in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry by
focusing on the Nigerian Department of Petroleum Resource in the Niger Delta Region. To
attain this, a literature review was conducted followed by a quantitative survey. The survey
assessed the view of 115 respondents from the department in three states (Rivers, Bayelsa and
Delta) of the Niger Delta Region. One sample t-Test analysis conducted showed significance
value obtained as 0.000 (which can also be interpreted as 0.0005) for all the variables in this
study, and it is lower than the standard alpha value of 0.05 (p 0.0005 < 0.05). Therefore, it is
proven that: gas flaring is a serious and current issue in the Nigerian oil and gas sector; gas
flaring impacts the Nigerian economy and environment negatively; measures have already been
implemented by the Nigerian government to address this issues but the measures are somewhat
limiting; the DPR is making conscientious efforts towards reducing and potentially eliminating
gas flaring in the Nigerian shore, and more efforts need to be put in place in the form of extra
measures for addressing the issue of gas flaring in the country. It was recommended that while
Nigeria has made conscientious efforts towards attaining the zero-emission targets, the present
situation doesn’t suggest the feasibility of this target and more efforts should be applied. In
conclusion, further studies were recommended to cover the entire Nigerian sphere instead of
focusing on the Niger Delta Region and to evaluate more variables aside from the ones
evaluated in this present study.
focusing on the Nigerian Department of Petroleum Resource in the Niger Delta Region. To
attain this, a literature review was conducted followed by a quantitative survey. The survey
assessed the view of 115 respondents from the department in three states (Rivers, Bayelsa and
Delta) of the Niger Delta Region. One sample t-Test analysis conducted showed significance
value obtained as 0.000 (which can also be interpreted as 0.0005) for all the variables in this
study, and it is lower than the standard alpha value of 0.05 (p 0.0005 < 0.05). Therefore, it is
proven that: gas flaring is a serious and current issue in the Nigerian oil and gas sector; gas
flaring impacts the Nigerian economy and environment negatively; measures have already been
implemented by the Nigerian government to address this issues but the measures are somewhat
limiting; the DPR is making conscientious efforts towards reducing and potentially eliminating
gas flaring in the Nigerian shore, and more efforts need to be put in place in the form of extra
measures for addressing the issue of gas flaring in the country. It was recommended that while
Nigeria has made conscientious efforts towards attaining the zero-emission targets, the present
situation doesn’t suggest the feasibility of this target and more efforts should be applied. In
conclusion, further studies were recommended to cover the entire Nigerian sphere instead of
focusing on the Niger Delta Region and to evaluate more variables aside from the ones
evaluated in this present study.
Subject
MSc. Engineering and Management
Publisher
University Library
Date
May 2019
Contributor
Prof. Acakpovi Amevi