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PON1/608

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 17 August 2011
First observed time 10:02
Incident type(s) Chemical release
Organisations involved Bluewater Services UK Ltd (on behalf of Shell UK), Shell U.K. Exploration & Production Limited (NNS)
Installation Pierce FPSO (Haewene Brim)
Installation type Fixed
Field PIERCE
Latitude 57° 9' 41.0'' N
Longitude 2° 17' 32.0'' E
Quadrant / block no. 23 / 27

Chemical 1

Chemical product released Castrol Transaqua HT2
Total quantity of chemical released 0.012 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing Yes

Source details

Source Subsea hydraulic fluid leak.