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PON1/1230

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 05 August 2012
First observed time 21:30
Incident type(s) Oil release
Organisations involved TRANSOCEAN, Nexen Petroleum U.K Limited
Installation Transocean Prospect
Installation type Mobile
Field Blackbird 20/02a
Latitude 57° 50' 53.9'' N
Longitude 0° 38' 34.5'' W

Oil release details

Oil product released Hydraulic Oil
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released .013 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Fitting failure on ROV control unit