PON1/1797

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	24 April 2013
First observed time	21:40
Incident type(s)	Chemical release
Organisations involved	BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (UK Offshore)
Installation	Foinaven - FPSO Petrojarl
Installation type	Fixed
Field	FOINAVEN
Latitude	60° 18' 58.024'' N
Longitude	4° 16' 23.085'' W
Quadrant / block no.	204 / 24

Chemical 1

Chemical product released	Oceanic HW540 v2
Total quantity of chemical released	923.5 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	During restart of water injection wells vent valve / solenoid valve failed to seat properly allowing hydraulic fluid to vent to sea.