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Oil & gas · 26 Apr 2025

Methane plume detected in Kazakhstan

On 26 Apr 2025, the Landsat - NASA/USGS satellite saw methane escaping at about 35,437 kg/h from an oil & gas site.

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35,437 kg/h
± 15,001 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 850 tonnes of methane.

Detected
26 Apr 2025 · 07:05 UTC
Satellite
Landsat - NASA/USGS
Sector
Oil & gas
Wind
Plume drifting towards the E · 7.3 m/s
Coordinates
44.91343, 55.95725
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UNEP plume ID
f7c3ba18-55c1-49dc-aea8-cf0add00dfc1

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Emitting site

KAZ_S_074 · Transmission Pipelines
1 plumes detected at this site

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume f7c3ba18-55c1-49dc-aea8-cf0add00dfc1, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/f7c3ba18-55c1-49dc-aea8-cf0add00dfc1), accessed 6 Oct 2026.