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Oil & gas · 30 Mar 2025

Methane plume detected in Bahrain

On 30 Mar 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 3,214 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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3,214 kg/h
± 1,613 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 77.1 tonnes of methane.

Detected
30 Mar 2025 · 08:04 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the NW · 1.6 m/s
Coordinates
25.97187, 50.60821
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UNEP plume ID
d4f405c5-50e4-4a79-b0fe-5d29be31ccaf

Likely operator

Bapco Energies Plausible

Bapco Energies operates the Awali field and refinery.

Emitting site

BHR_S_006 · Gathering and boosting facilities
1 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume d4f405c5-50e4-4a79-b0fe-5d29be31ccaf, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/d4f405c5-50e4-4a79-b0fe-5d29be31ccaf), accessed 5 Oct 2026.