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Nigeria: Nigeria Loses $1.5 Billion to Gas Flaring, Ranks 7th Globally, Says German Envoy

9 Jul 2026, 12:17 GMT

[This Day] Abuja -- German Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Annett Günther, has disclosed that Nigeria lost an estimated $1.5 billion to gas flaring in 2024 after burning 5.3 billion cubic meters of associated gas, placing the country seventh globally in flare volumes.