LONDON (Reuters) – Last fall, European Space Agency satellites
detected huge plumes of the invisible planet-warming gas methane leaking
from the Yamal pipeline that carries natural gas from Siberia to
Europe.
detected huge plumes of the invisible planet-warming gas methane leaking
from the Yamal pipeline that carries natural gas from Siberia to
Europe.
Energy consultancy Kayrros estimated one leak was spewing out 93
tonnes of methane every hour, meaning the daily emissions from the
leakage were equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide pumped out in a
year by 15,000 cars in the United States.
The find, which has not been reported, is part of a growing effort by
companies, academics and some energy producers to use space-age
technology to find the biggest methane leaks as the potent heat-trapping gas builds up rapidly in the atmosphere.