Determination of greenhouse gas emission resulting from gas flaring activities in Nigeria

Energy Policy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 666-670

  Anomohanran, O ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emission; Gas flaring; Greenhouse gas

Indexed keywords

23 MILLION; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; GAS FLARING; NIGERIA; POLICY MAKERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; NATURAL GAS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION POLICY; STATE ROLE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84859739946     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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