PON1/1575

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	21 January 2013
First observed time	08:25
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	Oily Waste
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released	.0456 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	Damage to sight glass resulting in oily water release