Kazakhstan: Methane mega-leak went on for months
Last year, a remote well in Kazakhstan experienced one of the most severe methane leaks ever recorded, as revealed by recent analysis shared with BBC Verify. The blowout at the well ignited a fire that persisted for over six months, resulting in the escape of an estimated 127,000 tonnes of methane. Methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, poses a greater environmental threat than carbon dioxide.
Buzachi Neft, the company that owns the well, refutes claims of a “substantial amount” of methane leakage. However, the environmental impact of this leak, equivalent to the emissions from over 717,000 petrol cars in a year, has been calculated by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalency Calculator.
Manfredi Caltagirone, the head of the UN’s International Methane Emissions Observatory, described the magnitude and duration of the leak as exceptionally significant, stating, “It is extremely big.”
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