Considering Carbon Capture and Storage for the Nigerian Petroleum Industry? Is A Complementary Liability Regime Required?
Article from: OGEL 3 (2023), in Coal & Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Abstract
The Nigerian oil and gas sector has been a major contributor to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The country has continued to be part of the international regime on climate change mitigation, as seen in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement. Nigeria has committed to an energy transition. In order to prevent carbon dioxide (CO2) from being released into the atmosphere, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been developed as a technology. CCS is being considered as one of the technologies for advancing the country’s energy transition ...