Gas Flares, Oil Companies and Politics In Nigeria.

[blackjin21]

in cases like this u need to go militant. cuz they wont listen to reason but they'll listen to a AK 47

[AltonJB1984]

Kill the planet, and it'll kill you back. That can not be argued with

[MagdaEnigma007]

Companies in Nigeria? AMERICAN COMPANIES! 

[GassItUp]

Gass it up!!!!!

[TheSbandD]

They burn the natural gas because oil companies in Nigeria are not willing to spend extra money on infrastructure to transport and/or inject the Natural Gas underground.

[Raminagrobisfr]

@TheSbandD Yes, in fact, sadly, even if they want to export natural gas under liquefied forms, it's more cost efficient to exploit dedicaces gas fields for that and continue to flare this "associated gas " (gas which comes dissolved in oil).

To produce say one billion cubic feet a day of natural gas from associated production (and shut down the flares) you need to collect gas from hundreds of oil wells, transport it, compress it. A lot of work.

Drilling in a "pure" gas field is easier :-(

[tech4156]

all that energy gas going to waste 24hours a day, russians and chinese should come in and take over

[ostapslobodian]

@tech4156 "russians and chinese should come in and take over"

Are you nuts!

Just google a map of air pollution from Chlorofluorocarbons and take a look at the big red sploch over China.

[tg112001]

So why are they wasting natural gas then?

Couldn't that energy be sold and used elsewhere??