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A Satellite Spotted a Huge Texas Methane Leak, and Within Weeks It Had Stopped

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A nonprofit satellite coalition publishes where methane is escaping worldwide, and its first verified catch was a Permian Basin pipeline plume that was gone 15 days after detection once operators were told.

7,000kg CH4 per hourPreliminary size of the Permian pipeline leak first detected by Tanager-1, later repaired
38kplumesMethane plumes listed on the public data portal
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