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Oil & gas · 30 Mar 2025

Methane plume detected in India

On 30 Mar 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 280 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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280 kg/h
± 62 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 6.7 tonnes of methane.

Detected
30 Mar 2025 · 06:31 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the NW · 0.5 m/s
Coordinates
23.5111, 72.41291
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UNEP plume ID
39b680ce-8b5d-4480-af3d-6992b7c62f4c

Likely operator

ONGC Plausible

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

Emitting site

IND_S_013 · Gathering and boosting facilities
10 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 39b680ce-8b5d-4480-af3d-6992b7c62f4c, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/39b680ce-8b5d-4480-af3d-6992b7c62f4c), accessed 4 Oct 2026.