United States Trade and Development Agency(USTDA) is to host a public business briefing in Houston on October 29, 2024, where U.S companies could learn about upcoming commercial opportunities from the Nigerian delegation.
The move is to enable them meet one-on-one with Nigerian delegates to present their innovative methane abatement and flare gas utilization solutions.
According to the agency, it will also bring a delegation of Nigerian oil and gas industry decision-makers to the United States to build partnerships that will support Nigeria’s climate goals by accelerating the deployment of methane detection and abatement technology.
While in the United States from October 20-30, the 17-member delegation of private sector and government representatives would travel to Washington, D.C.; Pittsburgh, PA; Midland-Odessa, TX; and Houston to meet U.S. companies, connect with federal and state policymakers, and see demonstrations of cutting-edge U.S. technologies.
The U.S agency said: “Nigeria is one of 158 country signatories to the Global Methane Pledge to reduce global methane emissions. While Nigeria has reduced natural gas flaring by more than 70 per cent since 2000, the country remains the seventh highest natural gas-flaring country in the world, according to the World Bank.
Nigeria is eager to acquire new technologies and solutions to accelerate progress towards its emissions reduction goals. “USTDA’s reverse trade mission is one of a series of methane abatement visits that have included delegates from Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Egypt, Libya and Mexico.
These visits have focused on a wide array of methane abatement solutions, including methane leak detection and repair, fugitive emission measurement, tracking and abatement, and flare gas utilisation solutions.
“These reverse trade missions support the U.S. government’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment to deliver game-changing projects to close the infrastructure gap in developing countries; USTDA’s Global Partnership for Climate-Smart Infrastructure that connects U.S. industry to major clean energy and transportation infrastructure projects in emerging economies; the U.S. Department of Energy’s Net-Zero World Initiative; Prosper Africa; and the U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa.”