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Oil & gas · 18 Mar 2025

Methane plume detected in Kazakhstan

On 18 Mar 2025, the VIIRS - NASA/NOAA satellite saw methane escaping at about — from an oil & gas site.

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Detected
18 Mar 2025 · 07:45 UTC
Satellite
VIIRS - NASA/NOAA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the NW · 2.6 m/s
Coordinates
41.4433, 67.23754
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UNEP plume ID
05c91864-063a-4400-9257-82529435ac03

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Emitting site

KAZ_S_060 · Transmission Pipelines
8 plumes detected at this site

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 05c91864-063a-4400-9257-82529435ac03, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/05c91864-063a-4400-9257-82529435ac03), accessed 5 Oct 2026.