PON1/1146

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	03 July 2012
First observed time	11:15
Incident type(s)	Oil release
Organisations involved	TRANSOCEAN, Nexen Petroleum U.K Limited
Installation	Far Server Supply Vessel within Galaxy 3 500m zone
Installation type	Mobile
Field	Buzzard
Latitude	57° 48' 53.3'' N
Longitude	0° 58' 21.2'' W
Quadrant / block no.	20 / 6

Oil release details

Oil product released	Sludge
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released	.0002 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	Small amount of OBM contaminated water spilled due sea as a result of tank overflowing