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Oil & gas · 12 Feb 2024

Methane plume detected in Angola

On 12 Feb 2024, the PRISMA - ASI satellite saw methane escaping at about 784 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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784 kg/h
± 296 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 18.8 tonnes of methane.

Detected
12 Feb 2024 · 09:44 UTC
Satellite
PRISMA - ASI
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the NW · 2.8 m/s
Coordinates
-5.24294, 11.83123
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UNEP plume ID
c281ccca-0265-4c36-8a6c-6f845c0ab54c

Likely operator

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Emitting site

AGO_S_005 · Production Offshore
1 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume c281ccca-0265-4c36-8a6c-6f845c0ab54c, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/c281ccca-0265-4c36-8a6c-6f845c0ab54c), accessed 5 Oct 2026.