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PON1/1859

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 12 May 2013
First observed time 12:05
Incident type(s) Chemical release
Organisations involved BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd.
Installation Harding Platform
Installation type Fixed
Field HARDING
Latitude 59° 16' 46.24'' N
Longitude 1° 30' 58.04'' E
Quadrant / block no. 9 / 23

Chemical 1

Chemical product released VersaClean Oil Based Mud
Total quantity of chemical released 0.458 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened No

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Oil based mud u-tubed up open ended drillpipe 94 foot in the air above the rotary table and subsequently blown overboard by wind.