PON1/1956

Notification details

Status	Completed
First observed date	09 June 2013
First observed time	10:00
Incident type(s)	Oil release
Organisations involved
Installation	Buchan A Platform
Installation type	Fixed
Field	BUCHAN
Latitude	57° 54' 13.008'' N
Longitude	0° 1' 55.066'' E
Quadrant / block no.	21 / 1

Oil release details

Oil product released	Lube Oil
How was the quantity released determined
Total quantity of oil released	0.000006 tonnes

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened	Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing	No

Source details

Source	Release to sea of hydraulic fluid when crane gearbox drain branch sheared during slewing operations.