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PON1/4726

Notification details

Status Completed
First observed date 22 November 2015
First observed time 20:12
Incident type(s) Chemical release
Organisations involved BP, BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd
Installation Foinaven - FPSO Petrojarl
Installation type Fixed
Field FOINAVEN
Latitude 60° 18' 58.24'' N
Longitude 4° 16' 23.85'' W
Quadrant / block no. 204 / 24

Chemical 1

Chemical product released MacDarmid HW540
Total quantity of chemical released 390.0 kg

Chemical 2

Chemical product released Methanol
Total quantity of chemical released 20.0 kg

Formal investigation

Formal investigation ever opened Yes

Close off details

Release ever ongoing No

Source details

Source Subsea Chemical Systems - SCM Failure (Otherwise unspecified)