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Oil & gas · 9 Nov 2025

Methane plume detected in Argentina

On 9 Nov 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 2,503 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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2,503 kg/h
± 608 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 60.1 tonnes of methane.

Detected
9 Nov 2025 · 13:27 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the NE · 1.7 m/s
Coordinates
-46.19542, -69.25974
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UNEP plume ID
a1b15407-3933-4e6d-a7b8-33b8047a4864

Likely operator

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Emitting site

ARG_S_046 · Flare
2 plumes detected at this site

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume a1b15407-3933-4e6d-a7b8-33b8047a4864, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/a1b15407-3933-4e6d-a7b8-33b8047a4864), accessed 5 Oct 2026.