PON1/855

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	29 January 2012
First observed time	01:31
Incident type(s)	Oil release
Organisations involved	BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd
Installation	Foinaven - FPSO Petrojarl
Installation type	Fixed
Field	FOINAVEN
Latitude	60° 18' 58.24'' N
Longitude	4° 16' 23.85'' W
Quadrant / block no.	204 / 24

Oil release details

Oil product released	Crude
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released	60.015 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	Subsea failure of flow termination assembly. Oil amount stated is maximum possible based on time between inspections, potentially much lower amount.