Methane Leaks
Oil & gas · 25 Mar 2025

Methane plume detected in United States

On 25 Mar 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 9,518 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

Satellite map of methane plume locations in United States
Map imagery © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap © MaxarOpen the interactive map →

9,518 kg/h
± 2,510 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 228 tonnes of methane.

Detected
25 Mar 2025 · 21:22 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the W · 2.0 m/s
Coordinates
35.30426, -111.09388
Open in Google Maps (satellite)
UNEP plume ID
db74f30b-4f9b-476c-8a9d-b148bffb376a

Likely operator

Kinder Morgan Strong evidence

EPNG Station 6750 Leupp, AZ (processing plant) operated by KINDER MORGAN INC, 0.06 km from plume

Emitting site

USA_S_070 · Gas Processing Unit
1 plumes detected at this site

Status

UNEP notified the government about this plume.

Nobody has reported contacting the operator through Methane Leaks yet.

Push for action

Find the operator's contact details and send a ready-made, evidence-based email in about two minutes.

Write to the operator →

Authorities you can notify

Is this attribution wrong?

If you operate this site, or know who does, tell us. Operators get a right of reply, and corrections are reviewed within a week.

Get alerts for USA_S_070

We'll email you when UNEP publishes new plumes here. No account needed. Unsubscribe in one click.

We only use your email to send these alerts.

Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume db74f30b-4f9b-476c-8a9d-b148bffb376a, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/db74f30b-4f9b-476c-8a9d-b148bffb376a), accessed 6 Oct 2026.