Nigeria renews 2030 gas flaring pledge amid enforcement and methane monitoring gaps

Summary

Nigeria’s upstream regulator has restated the country’s goal of ending routine gas flaring by 2030, even as questions remain over enforcement and emissions monitoring.

Highlights

• The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission said it is pursuing stricter penalties and greater gas commercialisation at oil production sites.
• Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan said flaring has fallen from about 90% of production to roughly 7%.
• She said about 500 million standard cubic feet of gas is still flared daily.
• Premium Times said its investigation found gaps in enforcing anti-flaring rules and in independently verifying methane emissions.
• The report said the commission had acknowledged technical limits in measuring, reporting and verifying methane emissions in an April 2026 directive.