Largest Recorded Methane Leak Detected in Kazakh Oil Well
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2024
An international team led by Dr. Luis Guanter from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV) has reported the largest methane leak ever documented in an oil well. The well, situated in the Karaturun East field in Kazakhstan, was the site of this unprecedented emission. Published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters and highlighted by Nature, the study uses satellite data fro
An international team led by Dr. Luis Guanter from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV) has reported the largest methane leak ever documented in an oil well. The well, situated in the Karaturun East field in Kazakhstan, was the site of this unprecedented emission. Published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters and highlighted by Nature, the study uses satellite data fro