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Oil & gas · 3 Jun 2024

Methane plume detected in Kazakhstan

On 3 Jun 2024, the Sentinel-2 - ESA satellite saw methane escaping at about 1,818 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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1,818 kg/h
± 705 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 43.6 tonnes of methane.

Detected
3 Jun 2024 · 07:26 UTC
Satellite
Sentinel-2 - ESA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the W · 4.5 m/s
Coordinates
43.34948, 52.49607
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UNEP plume ID
22b9f7cf-2e0d-4366-8fbf-83e2a22b94da

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Emitting site

KAZ_S_004 · Flare
4 plumes detected at this site

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 22b9f7cf-2e0d-4366-8fbf-83e2a22b94da, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/22b9f7cf-2e0d-4366-8fbf-83e2a22b94da), accessed 5 Oct 2026.