Brian Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 A major incident has been declared after about 200 barrels of reservoir fluid leaked into the water at Poole Harbour in Dorset. Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) said a leak occurred at a pipeline operated by Perenco, under Owers Bay on Sunday. Members of the public have been urged not to swim at Poole Harbour or the surrounding area until further notice. An assessment of the situation was being carried out, PHC said. In a statement it added: "It is estimated that approximately 200 barrels of reservoir fluid has been released into the water column in Poole Harbour. "Anyone who has come into contact with the spill should wash immediately with soap and water. If eyes have come into contact with the spill, they should be rinsed with water." Reservoir fluids can include types of oil. fisherman1055, Mal Thomas and Jim 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Thomas Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 Sounds horrific Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 Unbelievable.https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23413469.live-major-incident-declared-fluid-poole-harbour/R Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 Notice to Mariners. https://www.phc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-09-Oil-Pollution-Incident.pdf Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 Let's hope this is not too major. One blessing is that the weather is stable for the clean up operation for both today and tomorrow. If this would of happened later in the week then a clean up would have been very difficult. Let's hope Witch Farm really does have this under control which I suspect they will do. 🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 At the risk of sounding stupid, what is reservoir fluid that contains oil? Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 Reservoir Fluid is what is brought to the surface from the reservoir either by a nodding donkey or an electric submersible pump , it will contain oil , gas and contaminated water which will be acidic and contain all sorts of nasty bacteria , about 80% of what is produced will be water and will probably cause more problems than the oil . Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 Oh! Thank you Brian. Not a good thing then. Terry. fisherman1055 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Thomas Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Brian said: Reservoir Fluid is what is brought to the surface from the reservoir either by a nodding donkey or an electric submersible pump , it will contain oil , gas and contaminated water which will be acidic and contain all sorts of nasty bacteria , about 80% of what is produced will be water and will probably cause more problems than the oil . Lets hope some ancient buried nasty infectious bacteria has not entered the water course. Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 Plaice and Flounder off of the menu then !!! fisherman1055 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarlach. Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 Plaice and Flounder off of the menu then !!!Typically we have a charter trip next Sunday. IF and plaice are caught they most probably will be returned !! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Notice to Mariners Jim, Mal Thomas, Greg and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 On 3/27/2023 at 4:07 PM, Tarlach. said: Typically we have a charter trip next Sunday. IF and plaice are caught they most probably will be returned !! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk You should be ok outside the harbour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 The 200 barrels will only be a guess, the volume of reservoir fluid pumped to the surface is not routinely measured and they probably don't know when the leak started. You can therefore assume the actual quantity is more. The 80% water is very nasty stuff and has to be treated before it can be pumped back down the well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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