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Oil & gas · 12 Mar 2024

Methane plume detected in India

On 12 Mar 2024, the Landsat - NASA/USGS satellite saw methane escaping at about 3,870 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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3,870 kg/h
± 1,404 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 92.9 tonnes of methane.

Detected
12 Mar 2024 · 05:44 UTC
Satellite
Landsat - NASA/USGS
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the SW · 3.4 m/s
Coordinates
25.9032, 71.57346
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UNEP plume ID
aed3abc2-f01d-4804-9eed-a26d46add6fa

Likely operator

ONGC Plausible

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

Emitting site

IND_S_010 · O&G source (generic)
22 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume aed3abc2-f01d-4804-9eed-a26d46add6fa, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/aed3abc2-f01d-4804-9eed-a26d46add6fa), accessed 4 Oct 2026.