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Oil & gas · 19 Feb 2026

Methane plume detected in India

On 19 Feb 2026, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 961 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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961 kg/h
± 160 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 23.1 tonnes of methane.

Detected
19 Feb 2026 · 05:01 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the S · 0.8 m/s
Coordinates
27.46004, 95.47562
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UNEP plume ID
d6745553-90ba-491e-81ae-8115cf865702

Likely operator

ONGC Plausible

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

Emitting site

IND_S_071 · Blowdown stack
5 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume d6745553-90ba-491e-81ae-8115cf865702, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/d6745553-90ba-491e-81ae-8115cf865702), accessed 5 Oct 2026.