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Oil & gas · 5 Jun 2025

Methane plume detected in China

On 5 Jun 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 954 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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954 kg/h
± 258 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 22.9 tonnes of methane.

Detected
5 Jun 2025 · 05:15 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the S · 1.9 m/s
Coordinates
45.21865, 85.11792
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UNEP plume ID
95e51eff-6932-4bc4-9c55-9e89ea771759

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Emitting site

CHN_S_294 · Tank batteries
5 plumes detected at this site

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 95e51eff-6932-4bc4-9c55-9e89ea771759, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/95e51eff-6932-4bc4-9c55-9e89ea771759), accessed 4 Oct 2026.