Oil and Gas

12 reasons why gas should be part of Africa's clean energy future

A view shows a tower flaring gas at an LNG processing plant operated by Shell and others in Bonny Island, in Rivers state, Nigeria June 21, 2017. Picture taken June 21, 2017

A tower flaring gas at an LNG processing plant in Nigeria Image: REUTERS/Paul Carsten

Mark Thurber
Associate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University
Todd Moss
Founder and Executive Director of the Energy Growth Hub, and nonresident fellow, Center for Global Development
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