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Oil & gas · 25 Mar 2026

Methane plume detected in India

On 25 Mar 2026, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 788 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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788 kg/h
± 258 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 18.9 tonnes of methane.

Detected
25 Mar 2026 · 07:55 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the SE · 2.7 m/s
Coordinates
22.79466, 72.60396
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UNEP plume ID
c71086f2-c09b-40bd-8b44-e8b3943c0633

Likely operator

ONGC Plausible

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

Emitting site

IND_S_011 · UGS
12 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume c71086f2-c09b-40bd-8b44-e8b3943c0633, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/c71086f2-c09b-40bd-8b44-e8b3943c0633), accessed 5 Oct 2026.