Anti-Gas Flaring Regulation and the Law: The History and Recent Developments in Kazakhstan and Nigeria
Article from: OGEL 5 (2012), in Kazakhstan
Abstract
The problem of associated gas utilization has become one of the major concerns of the petroleum industry in the last decades. It is especially crucial in developing countries which continue flaring of vast volumes of associated gas. Kazakhstan and Nigeria have always been considerable contributors of gas flaring. Their governments have adopted different regulatory approaches aiming to tackle this wasteful activity. There is a progress which is supported by the World Bank's satellite data. For example, in percentage terms Kazakhstan leads in the world by the pace of gas ...