Approximately 560kg (1,235lbs) of gas and 13,600 litres (2,992 gallons) of crude oil and produced water was released as a spray that covered 10,800 square metres (116,250 square feet) of drill pad and a land management area north east of the site after an electrical fault due to incorrectly installed equipment and inadequate risk assessment led to a build up of pressure on the produced water re-injeciton system at two sites.
Type:
Uncontrolled Discharge
Field:
Conventional
Stage:
Production
Region:
Site:
Wytch Farm, Dorset
Company:
Action:
Various works including repairing fault, felling contaminated trees and undertaking soil and water samples