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Oil & gas · 16 Mar 2025

Methane plume detected in Pakistan

On 16 Mar 2025, the EnMAP - DLR satellite saw methane escaping at about 3,839 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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3,839 kg/h
± 1,014 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 92.1 tonnes of methane.

Detected
16 Mar 2025 · 06:42 UTC
Satellite
EnMAP - DLR
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the SW · 1.4 m/s
Coordinates
27.96851, 69.80955
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UNEP plume ID
b4f79f92-a144-455a-b783-8631b4d7de8a

Likely operator

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Emitting site

PAK_S_001 · Gathering and boosting facilities
49 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume b4f79f92-a144-455a-b783-8631b4d7de8a, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/b4f79f92-a144-455a-b783-8631b4d7de8a), accessed 6 Oct 2026.