Hibernia Management and Development Company says a sheen in the offshore, created by the discharge of oil and water from the platform’s storage cells this morning, is dissipating.
The sheen, first estimated to be 20 by 900 metres, is breaking up and efforts to monitor the spill are ongoing.
The initial response included mechanical dispersion and the deployments of a sorbent boom from the support vessel Avalon Sea.
A surveillance flight, conducted by PAL, is underway this afternoon.
An investigation is ongoing, and the C-NLOPB has been notified along with the provincial government and the Eastern Canada Response Corporation.