PON1/528

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	26 July 2011
First observed time	10:10
Incident type(s)	Oil release
Organisations involved	Dolphin Drilling Ltd, TAQA Bratani Limited
Installation	Borgsten Dolphin
Installation type	Mobile
Field	Pelican
Latitude	61° 2' 0.0'' N
Longitude	1° 7' 7.0'' W
Quadrant / block no.	211 / 26

Oil release details

Oil product released	Other
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released	.2 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	No

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	Imbalance of drilling fluids resulting in backflow of fluids to sea.