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PON1/1135

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 27 June 2012
First observed time 09:05
Incident type(s) Oil release
Organisations involved TRANSOCEAN, Nexen Petroleum U.K Limited
Installation GSF Arctic III
Installation type Mobile
Field Buzzard
Latitude 57° 52' 6.2'' N
Longitude 0° 56' 15.6'' W
Quadrant / block no. 20 / 1

Oil release details

Oil product released Hydraulic Oil
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released .00013 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Crack of remotely operated vehicle high pressure filter housing resulting in release of hydraulic fluid.