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PON1/249

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 23 January 2011
First observed time 04:30
Incident type(s) Chemical release
Organisations involved Transocean
Installation Galaxy III
Installation type Mobile
Field Buzzard
Latitude 57° 48' 53.3'' N
Longitude 0° 58' 21.2'' W
Quadrant / block no. 20 / 6

Chemical 1

Chemical product released OBM mix
Total quantity of chemical released 257.0 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened No

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Annulus hose connection failure.