Piper Alpha disaster Piper Alpha on fire shortly after the failure of the Tartan gas riser Piper Alpha Aberdeen Piper Alpha's location in the North Sea , around 120 miles (190 kilometres)...
While it was a tragedy of horrific proportions, the incident did spark some significant positive changes in safety standards across the world. The hellish disaster unfolded on the night of July 6, 1988, at the Piper Alpha offshore oil and natural gas platform in the North Sea around 190 kilometers (120 miles) from Aberdeen, Scotland. In just under three hours, the entire structure would be obliterated, claiming the lives of 167 people. Against ...
The Disaster, Causes, Results, and Recommendations for Prevention ; The Piper Alpha disaster in 1988, in which 167 people died, was caused by a small gas leak which led to the ultimate failure of pipelines under the offshore structure, causing its complete collapse into the North Sea. “The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster” reviews the causes and results of the platform disaster and makes recommendations to prevent the reoccurrence of such an event. The author, The Honorable Lord ...
Reflecting on the Piper Alpha disaster (July 06, 1988), one of the deadliest offshore oil rig incidents in history. The tragedy resulted in 167 lives lost…
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, the PM has written to Malcolm Webb, the Chief Executive of Oil & Gas UK.
The Deadly Price of Overconfidence: Revisiting the Piper Alpha Disaster In the night between July 6 and 7, 1988, the world witnessed one of the most catastrophic industrial accidents in history—the...
The BBC is developing a Piper Alpha disaster series about the tragic oil rig accident from STV Studios and James Wood.
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Twenty five years ago, a major disaster in the North Sea took the lives of 165 persons on board the Piper Alpha oil production platform as well as 2 people from the rescue crew. To this day, the in...
The 1988 Piper Alpha disaster remains one of the worst safety-related accidents of its kind in the Oil & Gas sector. However, whereas the myriad lessons learned from this disaster are common knowle...