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Oil & gas · 25 Mar 2025

Methane plume detected in Argentina

On 25 Mar 2025, the Landsat - NASA/USGS satellite saw methane escaping at about 2,240 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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2,240 kg/h
± 825 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 53.8 tonnes of methane.

Detected
25 Mar 2025 · 14:06 UTC
Satellite
Landsat - NASA/USGS
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the SE · 3.3 m/s
Coordinates
-46.60965, -68.05117
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UNEP plume ID
8a3cd3ca-0e53-4b31-b186-af43441192be

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Emitting site

ARG_S_010 · Well head
5 plumes detected at this site

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 8a3cd3ca-0e53-4b31-b186-af43441192be, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/8a3cd3ca-0e53-4b31-b186-af43441192be), accessed 4 Oct 2026.