Oil & gas · Sporadic

Methane emitter BHR_S_003

Pit in Bahrain. Satellites have detected 40 methane plumes here since 18 Feb 2022, most recently on 7 Jun 2026.

Plumes

Plumes, last 12 months

36,474 kg/h

Largest detected rate

8,156 kg/h

Typical (median) rate

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Who likely operates it

Bapco Energies Plausible

Parent company: Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company

Awali Oil Field (field)

Evidence

Draft research (cites P1): No direct infrastructure (A*) evidence was found, but the coordinates fall within the Awali oil field, Bahrain's sole major onshore oil field, which is operated by Bapco Energies (formerly Bahrain Petroleum Company) per both the sector prior and general knowledge of Bahraini oil operations.
Bapco Energies operates the Awali field and refinery.

What do confidence levels mean?

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Response so far

Source type: Pit
UNEP notified: Yes
Operator responded to UNEP: No
First seen: 18 Feb 2022
Last seen: 7 Jun 2026
Coordinates: 26.04564, 50.57302 · Open in Google Maps (satellite)

Plume history

Emission rate of each detected plume over time

Detected	Emission rate	Likely operator
7 Jun 2026Oil & gas	4,933 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
1 Feb 2026Oil & gas	8,012 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
4 Nov 2025Oil & gas	9,657 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
4 Oct 2025Oil & gas	9,262 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
10 Sep 2025Oil & gas	7,132 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
10 Sep 2025Oil & gas	7,912 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
5 Sep 2025Oil & gas	8,245 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
2 Sep 2025Oil & gas	7,403 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
31 Aug 2025Oil & gas	5,859 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
26 Aug 2025Oil & gas	11,995 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
25 Aug 2025Oil & gas	5,190 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
21 Aug 2025Oil & gas	9,601 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
20 Aug 2025Oil & gas	7,288 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
17 Aug 2025Oil & gas	17,469 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
17 Aug 2025Oil & gas	5,476 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
16 Aug 2025Oil & gas	2,668 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
13 Aug 2025Oil & gas	13,609 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
7 Sep 2024Oil & gas	5,569 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
5 Sep 2024Oil & gas	5,386 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
26 Aug 2024Oil & gas	4,738 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
21 Aug 2024Oil & gas	8,279 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
1 Aug 2024Oil & gas	4,904 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
29 Jul 2024Oil & gas	9,650 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
27 Jul 2024Oil & gas	8,067 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
22 Jul 2024Oil & gas	36,474 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
22 Jul 2024Oil & gas	9,156 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
26 May 2024Oil & gas	17,918 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
23 May 2024Oil & gas	8,290 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
8 May 2024Oil & gas	3,949 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
1 Oct 2023Oil & gas	19,320 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
29 Sep 2023Oil & gas	13,089 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
13 Jun 2023Oil & gas	10,956 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
21 Mar 2023Oil & gas	13,696 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
11 Sep 2022Oil & gas	6,643 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
10 Sep 2022Oil & gas	2,997 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
9 Aug 2022Oil & gas	9,564 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
7 Aug 2022Oil & gas	9,804 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
2 Mar 2022Oil & gas	7,372 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
23 Feb 2022Oil & gas	9,517 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View
18 Feb 2022Oil & gas	3,999 kg/h	Bapco Energies Plausible	View

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