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PON1/312

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 03 April 2011
First observed time 21:30
Incident type(s) Chemical release
Organisations involved Shell U.K. Exploration & Production Limited (NNS)
Installation Brent B Platform
Installation type Fixed
Field Brent
Latitude 61° 3' 21.031'' N
Longitude 1° 42' 47.155'' E
Quadrant / block no. 211 / 29

Chemical 1

Chemical product released Class 'G' Oilwell (Portland) Cement
Total quantity of chemical released 380.0 kg

Chemical 2

Chemical product released EC-2
Total quantity of chemical released 3.8 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Hammer lug blind cap failure.