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Oil & gas · 1 Feb 2025

Methane plume detected in Syria

On 1 Feb 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 3,221 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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3,221 kg/h
± 1,629 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 77.3 tonnes of methane.

Detected
1 Feb 2025 · 08:07 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the SE · 3.3 m/s
Coordinates
35.31592, 40.41622
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UNEP plume ID
d0c838fe-df2b-42a2-b5f9-b77c930bb38b

Likely operator

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Emitting site

SYR_S_030 · Flare
3 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume d0c838fe-df2b-42a2-b5f9-b77c930bb38b, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/d0c838fe-df2b-42a2-b5f9-b77c930bb38b), accessed 5 Oct 2026.