Satellite monitoring has detected huge plumes of methane above one of Australia's largest gas complexes, triggering a United Nations alert and enquiries by state authorities.

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Huge clouds of methane have been detected by satellite over Chevron’s Gorgon LNG project in northern WA, prompting a warning from the United Nations.

Methane is thought to be responsible for about 25 per cent of global warming.