PON1/938

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	21 March 2012
First observed time	11:30
Incident type(s)	Chemical release
Organisations involved	TRANSOCEAN, BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (UK Offshore)
Installation	Paul B Lloyd Jnr
Installation type	Mobile
Field	Devenick
Latitude	59° 9' 59.0'' N
Longitude	1° 37' 59.0'' E
Quadrant / block no.	9 / 29

Chemical 1

Chemical product released	Buffered Cesium Formate Brine
Total quantity of chemical released	1.48 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	Failure of kill line marine riser joint seal and choke line co-flexip hose on the lower marine riser package during testing of blow out preventer.