A newly launched precision detection satellite has allowed American researchers to identify significant methane emissions from the three largest gas basins in the United States. The study, titled Methane Made in America, published by a team from the University of California (UCLA) in September 2026, focuses on the Permian Basin (Texas, New Mexico), the Appalachian Basin, and the Haynesville Basin (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas), which together account for two-thirds of the United States' natural gas production. These regions also supply large quantities of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe. The study used data from the Tanager-1 satellite from Planet Labs PBC and the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) instrument from NASA. Between January 2025 and June 2026, the researchers detected 1,097 methane plumes. The ten largest super-emitters identified in the study all exceeded the official super-emission threshold defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is 0.1 ton of methane per hour. The largest emitter mentioned in the report is a natural gas processing plant belonging to Energy Transfer, located near Shreveport in Louisiana (Haynesville Basin). This plant emits an average of 1.56 tons of methane per hour, which is fifteen times the EPA's tolerance threshold. Energy Transfer is directly linked to two of the ten sites considered to be the largest super-emitters. According to the study, if the Shreveport site emitted methane continuously for one year at the calculated average rate, it would equate to the greenhouse gas emissions generated by a gasoline-powered passenger car traveling approximately 1.57 billion kilometers. Other companies associated with the super-emitters include Howard Energy, Aethon Energy, TC Energy, Black Bear Midstream, Western Midstream, and Boardwalk Pipeline. The publication of this ranking occurs at a critical moment in the United States, as the Trump administration removed the Waste Emissions Charge from the Methane Emissions Reduction Program at the beginning of 2025. This tax was based on the "polluter-pays" principle, with fines ranging from $900 to $1,500 per ton of wasted gas. The removal of this federal tax and the easing of regulations on leaks coincides with the time when technologies begin to make these industrial emissions visible from space. This situation may lead to various outcomes, including legal battles, stricter state-level regulations, citizen monitoring, investor pressure, European commercial barriers, or divisions within the petroleum industry itself.