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PON1/741

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 13 November 2011
First observed time 18:40
Incident type(s) Chemical release
Organisations involved Nexen Petroleum U.K Limited
Installation Buzzard Production Platform
Installation type Fixed
Field BUZZARD
Latitude 57° 48' 53.9'' N
Longitude 0° 58' 21.9'' W
Quadrant / block no. 20 / 6

Chemical 1

Chemical product released AMINE FX1662 (supplied by Nalco Europe BV)
Total quantity of chemical released 11.5 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Amine pump gasket failure