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PON1/1540

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 07 January 2013
First observed time 21:00
Incident type(s) Chemical release
Organisations involved Transocean, Fairfield Energy
Installation Transocean John Shaw
Installation type Mobile
Field Darwin
Latitude 61° 2' 57.086'' N
Longitude 1° 17' 17.418'' E
Quadrant / block no. 211 / 27

Chemical 1

Chemical product released GLYCOL/WATER MIXES
Total quantity of chemical released 164.85 kg

Chemical 2

Chemical product released Stack-Magic ECO-F v2
Total quantity of chemical released 43.96 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Control umbilical had hydraulic fluid loss on BOP - BOP recovered for repair