PON1/905

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	04 March 2012
First observed time	12:45
Incident type(s)	Oil release
Organisations involved
Installation	Brae A Platform
Installation type	Fixed
Field	Brae Field
Latitude	58° 41' 33.0'' N
Longitude	1° 16' 54.0'' E
Quadrant / block no.	7 / 16

Oil release details

Oil product released	Lube Oil
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released	0.873 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	No

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	Heat exchanger tube rupture due to metallurgy failure/erosion.