Bloomberg: methane cloud near Gazprom's pipeline was detected from space For the second month in a row, experts use satellites to record from space a large-scale cloud of greenhouse gas methane near the Gazprom pipeline, reports Bloomberg.
According to analysts, a powerful release at a rate of 108 tons per hour occurred on November 1 near the Urengoy gas pipeline – Pomary – Uzhgorod. It is part of the Brotherhood network, which supplies fuel to Europe through Ukraine.
Experts noted that an hour of such emissions could harm the atmosphere in the same way as the annual air pollution by five thousand cars. Gazprom admitted the leak, but refused to comment on the situation.
From 2019 to October 2021, Kayrros analysts recorded 44 methane leaks in different parts of the Brotherhood pipeline system, as well as near the Severnoye gas pipelines. radiance “and” Yamal-Europe “. One of the incidents occurred on October 5 during repair work at the Gazprom facility. Then the emission power was estimated at 164 tons of methane per hour.