AntalyaNigeria flared 6.6 billion cubic metres of gas in 2025.
It is a third straight yearly rise from 5.1 billion in 2023, World Bank tracking shows.
Nigeria’s state oil company and Oando pledge zero routine flaring by 2030, yet only 15 of 62 companies in Nigeria’s audit submitted emissions data.
TotalEnergies declared routine flaring ended in Nigeria, yet satellite data analysis found persistent flares at its assets.
The charter’s deadline for zero routine flaring is 2030, four years away.
How each outlet framed it
- Premium Times Nigeria leans critical
- shows Nigeria's flaring rising to 6.6 bcm in 2025 from 6.1 bcm in 2024, against its COP31 pledge to end routine flaring by 2030
Sources: Premium Times Nigeria