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Oil & gas · 2 Feb 2025

Methane plume detected in Oman

On 2 Feb 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 3,507 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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3,507 kg/h
± 1,761 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 84.2 tonnes of methane.

Detected
2 Feb 2025 · 05:43 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the NW · 1.9 m/s
Coordinates
22.80177, 55.84734
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UNEP plume ID
bfcbf73f-8aa6-4fd6-a2a8-31caeb58bf9b

Likely operator

Petroleum Development Oman Plausible

PDO operates Block 6, most of Oman's onshore production.

Emitting site

OMN_S_006 · Tank batteries
1 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume bfcbf73f-8aa6-4fd6-a2a8-31caeb58bf9b, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/bfcbf73f-8aa6-4fd6-a2a8-31caeb58bf9b), accessed 5 Oct 2026.