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Oil & gas · 15 Dec 2025

Methane plume detected in India

On 15 Dec 2025, the Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI - ESA satellite saw methane escaping at about 13,000 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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13,000 kg/h
± 5,000 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 312 tonnes of methane.

Detected
15 Dec 2025 · 07:25 UTC
Satellite
Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI - ESA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the S · 0.7 m/s
Coordinates
27.45, 95.49
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UNEP plume ID
985bb199-c381-4a11-9022-a49ccddeab56

Likely operator

ONGC Plausible

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

Status

UNEP has not recorded a notification for this plume.

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 985bb199-c381-4a11-9022-a49ccddeab56, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/985bb199-c381-4a11-9022-a49ccddeab56), accessed 5 Oct 2026.