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PON1/898

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 01 March 2012
First observed time 08:15
Incident type(s) Chemical release
Organisations involved Nexen
Installation Galaxy III
Installation type Fixed
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
Total quantity of chemical released 36.7 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened No

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Drilling fluids hose seal failure