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Oil & gas · 1 Jun 2025

Methane plume detected in Azerbaijan

On 1 Jun 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 3,831 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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3,831 kg/h
± 1,386 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 91.9 tonnes of methane.

Detected
1 Jun 2025 · 08:22 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the S · 4.6 m/s
Coordinates
40.27958, 50.75396
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UNEP plume ID
0606b4a5-3f1f-468b-8bd7-5af5c30f92c0

Likely operator

SOCAR Plausible

State company SOCAR operates the onshore fields; BP operates the main offshore projects.

Emitting site

AZE_S_010 · Production Offshore
9 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 0606b4a5-3f1f-468b-8bd7-5af5c30f92c0, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/0606b4a5-3f1f-468b-8bd7-5af5c30f92c0), accessed 5 Oct 2026.