PON1/1403

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	26 October 2012
First observed time	16:55
Incident type(s)	Chemical release
Organisations involved	Nexen Petroleum U.K Limited
Installation	Buzzard Production Platform
Installation type	Fixed
Field	BUZZARD
Latitude	57° 48' 53.9'' N
Longitude	0° 58' 21.9'' W
Quadrant / block no.	20 / 6

Chemical 1

Chemical product released	FX1662
Total quantity of chemical released	250.0 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	Spill of amine as a result of overflow of sump tank