Achieving Nigeria's gas flares-out target: Challenges and implications for environmental sustainability and global climate change

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition 2007, NAICE 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Igbatayo, Samuel A ^a  

^a IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUDE OIL; FLARE STACKS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HOLISTIC FRAMEWORKS; NATURAL GAS MARKETS; NATURAL GAS RESERVES; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY;

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EID: 85085853300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/111894-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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