PON1/1411

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	29 October 2012
First observed time	16:16
Incident type(s)	Oil release
Organisations involved	Nexen Petroleum U.K Limited
Installation	Buzzard Utilities Platform
Installation type	Fixed
Field	BUZZARD
Latitude	57° 48' 53.9'' N
Longitude	0° 48' 21.9'' E
Quadrant / block no.	20 / 6

Oil release details

Oil product released	Mineral Oil
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released	.1 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	Failure of emergency generator resulted in oil released to sea