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)...
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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 Cullen, recommends that the safety regulations wit ...
Piper Alpha was once Britain's biggest single oil and gas producing platform. It produced more than 300,000 barrels of crude a day.
1988: Piper Alpha oil rig ablaze ; The fire is believed to have started after explosions at about 2230 BST (2130 GMT) on the Piper Alpha drilling platform, 120 miles (193km) off the north-east coast of Scotland. ; Helicopters and boats were immediately sent out to rescue the oil workers in an operation co-ordinated by the Aberdeen coastguard. ; Pilots reported seeing an "inferno" up to 350ft (107m) high and a platform wrenched apart.
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Power, Ideology and the Regulation of Safety in the post-Piper Alpha Offshore Oil Industry David Whyte A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Liverpool John Moores...
Configured the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ), and removed two circuit interrupt devices to prepare for STS-116. Stefanyshyn-Piper became the seventh American woman to conduct a spacewalk....
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, the PM has written to Malcolm Webb, the Chief Executive of Oil & Gas UK.
fatalities, Piper Alpha is the deadliest accident in the history of the offshore oil and gas... There have been numerous articles, reports and documentaries coving the incident, possibly...