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PON1/1573

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 20 January 2013
First observed time 08:20
Incident type(s) Oil release
Organisations involved Nexen Petroleum U.K Limited
Installation Buzzard Wellhead Platform
Installation type Fixed
Field BUZZARD
Latitude 57° 48' 53.9'' N
Longitude 0° 58' 21.9'' W
Quadrant / block no. 20 / 6

Oil release details

Oil product released Diesel
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released .000105 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Passing valve on diesel storage tank for fire pump leading to overfilling