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FEC approves conversion of natural gas to methanol

Abuja – The Federal Executive Council(FEC) has approved the conversion of natural gas to methanol in order to address the environmental challenge caused by gas flaring in the country. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi […]
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Group calls out Delta Govt on gas flaring menace

A non-governmental organization group, Kovenium/mmalah Foundation (KIF) in Delta state has alleged Delta State government’s failure to address the age long gas flaring menace in the state as maladministration and insensitive to the yearnings of the people. Executive Director of the NGO, Miss Faith Nwandishi, told journalists in Asaba, at the weekend, that the gas […]
Editorial

Time to pass PIB and end gas flaring

Recently, the Director of Health of the Mother Earth Foundation, Mr. Nnimmo Bassey, expressed misgivings on the Federal Government reported commitment to end gas flaring by 2020. According to him, successive governments have been shifting the deadline for ending gas flaring from year to year, even as debates on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which […]