AbujaNigeria took 4 years to issue flare-gas permits.
Associated gas kept burning across the Niger Delta, releasing methane, while the law’s deadlines lapsed.
The law set an August 2022 deadline for flare plans, but the regulator gazetted its rules in July 2023 and reset the clock.
The upstream regulator has not answered 28 July questions on the delay, the permits or missing venting data.
It threatened on 8 September to revoke permits where investors show no significant progress.
How each outlet framed it
- Premium Times Nigeria leans critical
- investigates regulatory delays and enforcement gaps five years into PIA implementation, details gap between law's intent and practice
Sources: Premium Times Nigeria