Energy Transition

Carrots and sticks: Anti-flaring initiatives making patchy progress

Eradicating gas flaring requires stricter enforcement of regulation and more infrastructure to monetise the resource

Poorly enforced: Two gas flaring furnaces in Nigeria. The country has had regulation to limit flaring in place since the 1980s, but has been less effective at enforcement.
Poorly enforced: Two gas flaring furnaces in Nigeria. The country has had regulation to limit flaring in place since the 1980s, but has been less effective at enforcement.Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIX
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Published 14 April 2023, 04:01Updated 21 April 2023, 10:13
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