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Oil & gas · 10 Jun 2025

Methane plume detected in Kazakhstan

On 10 Jun 2025, the Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI - ESA satellite saw methane escaping at about 82,000 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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82,000 kg/h
± 26,000 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 1,968 tonnes of methane.

Detected
10 Jun 2025 · 09:36 UTC
Satellite
Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI - ESA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the SW · 6.2 m/s
Coordinates
50.64876, 59.2056
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UNEP plume ID
090d6313-f075-464b-bfad-2ee82b1b4093

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Emitting site

KAZ_S_095 · Transmission Pipelines
2 plumes detected at this site

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 090d6313-f075-464b-bfad-2ee82b1b4093, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/090d6313-f075-464b-bfad-2ee82b1b4093), accessed 6 Oct 2026.