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New methane plumes: week of 20 Nov 2023

UNEP published 889 new methane plume detections this week across 23 countries.

889
Plumes
23
Countries
58,293 kg/h
Largest detected rate
796
With a likely operator

Biggest new plumes

Detected CountrySite Emission rate Likely operator
8 Aug 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 58,293 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
5 Aug 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 58,038 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
2 Oct 2023Oil & gas TurkmenistanTKM_S_069 56,548 kg/h Turkmengaz Plausible View
10 Apr 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 53,847 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
15 Aug 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 51,549 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
19 Sep 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 48,403 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
15 Jul 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 47,833 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
12 May 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 46,769 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
30 Aug 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 44,523 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
11 Oct 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 44,376 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
20 Aug 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 44,198 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
3 Oct 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 42,515 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
26 Oct 2023Oil & gas TurkmenistanTKM_S_021 42,072 kg/h Turkmennebit Plausible View
16 Aug 2023Oil & gas MexicoMEX_S_003 38,733 kg/h Pemex Plausible View
10 Nov 2023Oil & gas TurkmenistanTKM_S_021 35,788 kg/h Turkmennebit Plausible View

New plumes by country

Turkmenistan361
Algeria169
Libya58
Iraq52
United States33
Mexico29
Iran24
Saudi Arabia20
Kuwait17
Syria17
Yemen16
Malaysia15
Argentina12
India12
Egypt11

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