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Oil & gas · 4 Dec 2023

Methane plume detected in India

On 4 Dec 2023, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 952 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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952 kg/h
± 326 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 22.8 tonnes of methane.

Detected
4 Dec 2023 · 05:20 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the SW · 3.2 m/s
Coordinates
22.79959, 72.58301
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UNEP plume ID
c1cf3ce9-838c-4b60-84d3-91f921c24915

Likely operator

ONGC Plausible

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

Emitting site

IND_S_015 · Pit
8 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume c1cf3ce9-838c-4b60-84d3-91f921c24915, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/c1cf3ce9-838c-4b60-84d3-91f921c24915), accessed 5 Oct 2026.