ICYMI: New MethaneSAT analysis synthesizes data from our year in orbit into insights about the global oil & gas system, finding methane emissions 50% higher than reported and no basins meeting industry's own emissions intensity goals.
Explore the data 👉 www.methanesat.org/project-upda...
MethaneSAT captured 221 scenes from oil & gas-producing regions around the world covering 50% of global onshore production. Now, our science and analytics teams have synthesized the data to uncover key insights about the global oil and gas system. More 👉 www.methanesat.org/project-upda...
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🛰️ In 1 year, MethaneSAT expanded global understanding of methane emissions/intensities, exposed critical blind spots, and raised the bar for transparency + action.
Recap 2025's highs, lows & why we're hopeful for the future of methane data + action: www.methanesat.org/project-upda...
A bold idea. A breakthrough mission. A year of seeing the unseen. 🔎
With 180+ scenes now published, the MethaneSAT team continues to process and release data from one of the most advanced methane missions to date. methanesat.org/data
MethaneSAT may be offline, but the work continues.
We've published 100+ scenes in the last two months, and the team is still processing data. 📊
MethaneSAT closed a critical data gap — and those insights will drive action for years. methanesat.org/data
🔎 New MethaneSAT scenes from the Midland Sub-Basin — a Permian region entirely in Texas — show methane intensity at 2.3%. Meanwhile New Mexico slashes emissions + increases production, reaffirming earlier data from the Delaware showing Texas behind the curve: www.edf.org/Z6Vp
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We are looking forward to #AGU25!
MethaneSAT collected a year's worth of global methane observations — and we're continuing to unearth insights. 🔎
Hear from our scientists next week as they present findings from our time in orbit. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Losing MethaneSAT doesn't mean losing sight of methane, writes Michael Barnard.
A network of satellites — including GHGSat & @carbonmapper.bsky.social — continues to sharpen our view of emissions. The mission for transparency goes on.
💡 More data insights to come. medium.com/the-future-i...
New science: MethaneAIR, the airborne precursor to MethaneSAT, detected more than 400 methane point sources across 13 U.S. oil and gas basins between 2021 and 2023.
About 80% of these emissions came from oil and gas. Read the paper:
acp.copernicus.org/articles/25/...
🔎 New MethaneSAT insights reveal a striking contrast between states in the Permian.
In New Mexico, which has strong methane protections, methane intensity is less than half that of operations in Texas.
🔗 www.methanesat.org/project-upda...
Methane is one of the most urgent climate challenges -- and one of the most solvable. Nick Van Osdol & Lauren Singer break it down 👇
🔗 superpollute.substack.com/p/the-state-...
New study: MethaneAIR’s high-resolution spectrometer enables precise detection of methane plumes.
• Detected hundreds of sources above 100–200 kilograms per hour
• Detection limit around 120 kilograms per hour
Full paper: doi.org/10.5194/amt-...
MethaneSAT collected a year’s worth of global methane observations – and we’re just starting to unearth all the insights.
Stay tuned for new scenes and analysis as we continue releasing data from one of the most advanced methane missions to date.
🔗 data.methanesat.org/
MethaneSAT may be offline, but the work continues. We’re still monitoring methane – and building on everything we learned – through new platforms, including MethaneAIR.
More coming soon.
methanesat.org/project-upda...
MethaneSAT data is publicly available to explore and download – including for commercial use. If you're doing research or building tools to cut methane, start here:
📡 Google Earth Engine + Cloud access: developers.google.com/earth-engine...
A bold idea. A breakthrough mission. A year of seeing the unseen. We set out to close a critical data gap – and delivered global insights that will keep driving action.
The mission continues. We’re continuing to process and release these insights.
data.methanesat.org
@envdefensefund.bsky.social President Fred Krupp reflects on MethaneSAT and why bold, independent climate action matters. In 1 year, we:
• Detected methane at 2 ppb
• Mapped oil & gas emissions
• Traced them to the source
The mission continues. More @weforum.org:
www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
The work to close the methane data gap continues.
Requests for MethaneSAT data surged last week. If you're working to cut methane, explore what’s already available.
📅 Latest release: June 30, incl scenes from U.S., Uzbekistan + China
Request access: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
EDF and MethaneSAT remain firmly committed to our core purpose of turning data into action to protect the climate including reducing methane emissions from the global oil and gas industry.
01.07.2025 16:34 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1The MethaneSAT mission has been a remarkable success in terms of scientific and technological accomplishment, and for its lasting influence on both industry and regulators worldwide.
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On Friday, June 20 we lost contact with our methane-measuring satellite. Despite considerable efforts we were unable to reestablish contact. This morning we learned that the satellite has lost power, and it is anticipated to be unrecoverable.
methanesat.org/project-upda...
If you're attending @esa.int's Living Planet Symposium in Vienna, stop by the Google booth to see how @googleearth.bsky.social Engine and Google Cloud tools are making MethaneSAT insights accessible and actionable.
➕ Catch Luis Guanter's talk (June 25) on our first global findings. #LPS2025
“We can’t know what we don’t measure.” @iea.org’s 2025 Global Methane Tracker underscores why a full picture of emissions is key to #CutMethane.
🛰️ like @methanesat.bsky.social fill the data gap — finding methane emissions est. ~80% higher than reported.
www.corporateknights.com/category-cli...
We're uncovering major methane emitters hiding in plain sight - including small oil and gas wells that produce little fuel but account for nearly half of U.S. production-related emissions.
More from our Lead Scientist Ritesh Gautam 👇
@umairfan.bsky.social @vox.com
www.vox.com/climate/4164...
Our latest newsletter is out: From new high-resolution methane data to key moments on the global stage, independent satellite observations are strengthening transparency and climate action. 🛰️
Stay informed on our progress and explore the data:
📩 mailchi.mp/methanesat/m...
If you're attending the World Gas Conference this week, stop by and meet the team at the MethaneSAT-
@envdefensefund.bsky.social pavilion 🛰️ #WGC2025 👇
wgc2025.com/en/web/index...
The @iea.org’s 2025 methane tracker shows fossil fuel emissions are ~80% higher than official reports.
Among the satellites informing the report: MethaneSAT.
Thanks partners like @bezosearthfund.org, we can deliver actionable data on where emissions are coming from. 🚀
A new era of transparency is here, thanks to MethaneSAT, Carbon Mapper’s Tanager-1, CopernicusEU, Sentinel-2 & Sentinel-5P, GHGSat, NASAJPL EMIT, @dlr-de.bsky.social _en EnMAP, NASA Landsat, ASI PRISMA & more to come.
📡 Measurement-based accountability is now essential.
methanesat.org/satellite
📉 Fossil fuel methane emissions haven’t peaked—and they’re vastly underreported.
The @iea.org finds they're often ~80% higher than what countries report to the UNFCCC.
BUT: we could cut 70% today with existing tech—often at no net cost.
www.iea.org/reports/glob...
What does it mean to "see" methane from space? At #SEJ2025, Steven Hamburg said: “We want to know where [methane] came from—not where it is.”
By automating this process, MethaneSAT tracks the source, not just the methane concentrations in the atmosphere. That's a game-changer. @sejorg.bsky.social
