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Oil & gas · 13 Jun 2025

Methane plume detected in India

On 13 Jun 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 708 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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708 kg/h
± 111 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 17.0 tonnes of methane.

Detected
13 Jun 2025 · 10:08 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the E · 0.7 m/s
Coordinates
22.79959, 72.58301
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UNEP plume ID
1d41d298-24e0-4c2a-8dc7-eb57940ad815

Likely operator

ONGC Plausible

State company ONGC operates most onshore fields (Gujarat, Assam via Oil India).

Emitting site

IND_S_015 · Pit
8 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 1d41d298-24e0-4c2a-8dc7-eb57940ad815, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/1d41d298-24e0-4c2a-8dc7-eb57940ad815), accessed 5 Oct 2026.