PON1/1237

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	08 August 2012
First observed time	05:00
Incident type(s)	Oil release
Organisations involved	Shell U.K. Exploration & Production Limited (NNS)
Installation	Brent D Platform
Installation type	Fixed
Field	BRENT
Latitude	61° 7' 57.0'' N
Longitude	1° 44' 10.0'' E
Quadrant / block no.	211 / 29

Oil release details

Oil product released	Diesel
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released	.002 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	During start up bunkering checks, a small quantity of diesel was observed to leak from the marine breakaway coupling.