PON1/990

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	12 April 2012
First observed time	11:00
Incident type(s)	Chemical release
Organisations involved
Installation	Callanish subsea methanol pipeline
Installation type	Fixed
Field	Callanish Field - Britannia Satellites
Latitude	57° 50' 25.08'' N
Longitude	0° 44' 12.09'' E
Quadrant / block no.	15 / 29

Chemical 1

Chemical product released	Methanol
Total quantity of chemical released	14336.0 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	Yes

Source details

Source	Subsea release of methanol from injection system