INTERNATIONAL OIL CORPORATIONS (IOCS), ASSOCIATED GAS UTILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES AND GAS FLARE ELIMINATION STRATEGIES: IMPLICATION FOR ZERO-GAS FLARING REGIME IN NIGERIA

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  • Ernest Toochi Aniche Federal University Otuoke (FUO),

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine if the adoption of inefficacious gas utilization technologies and gas flare elimination strategies by IOCs hinders their compliance to the zero-gas flaring deadlines resulting to the failure of zero-gas flaring policy in Nigeria. By adopting rentier state theory, using qualitative methods and relying on secondary sources of data, the study concludes that adoption of ineffective gas utilization technologies and gas flare elimination strategies by oil multinationals impedes them from complying with the zero-gas flaring regime leading to the failure of zero-gas flaring policy in Nigeria.

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2015-08-27

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Aniche, E. T. (2015). INTERNATIONAL OIL CORPORATIONS (IOCS), ASSOCIATED GAS UTILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES AND GAS FLARE ELIMINATION STRATEGIES: IMPLICATION FOR ZERO-GAS FLARING REGIME IN NIGERIA. Journal of Asian and African Social Science and Humanities, 1(1), 48–64. Retrieved from https://www.aarcentre.com/ojs3/index.php/jaash/article/view/11

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