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Carbon credits: New uses for financing natural gas [1]

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Looking down from space, the night sky in the Gulf of Guinea offshore Nigeria is lit up by the flares that burn natural gas from oil fields. This gas is burned without a use and contributes greenhouse gases to the global warming problem. This gas is not only an untappedĀ  resource, but also a potential gold mine for producing carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2008
Scott D. Deatherage [2]
FUEL [3]
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Energy [4], Nigeria [5], Natural Gas [6], Green House Gases [7], World Bank [8], Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) [9], Trade [10], Climate Change [11], Emissions Trading [12]
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