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PON1/239

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 08 January 2011
First observed time 14:30
Incident type(s) Chemical release
Organisations involved Transocean, Marathon Oil UK Limited
Installation JW McLean
Installation type Mobile
Field West Brae
Latitude 58° 45' 48.0'' N
Longitude 1° 13' 0.0'' E
Quadrant / block no. 16 / 7

Chemical 1

Chemical product released Oceanic HW443
Total quantity of chemical released 90.0 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened No

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Failure of umbilical control line.