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How Ocean Odyssey was almost the UK''s second Piper Alpha

On September 22, 1988, just over two months after the Piper Alpha disaster that killed 167 offshore workers, the rig Ocean Odyssey came within a hair''s breadth of being blown to pieces.

BBC ON THIS DAY | 6 | 1988: Piper Alpha oil rig ablaze

The Piper Alpha platform is the largest and oldest platform in the North Sea oilfield. It was last inspected two weeks ago but last week there was a small fire on the rig. Since drilling began in

The Piper Alpha Disaster: A Personal Perspective

The aim of this Commentary is to strip back the particulars and specifics of a disaster like Piper Alpha and distill out the valuable long-term

The world''s deadliest offshore oil rig disasters

The Piper Alpha disaster in the North Sea, UK, which killed 167 people in July 1988, is the deadliest offshore oil rig accident in history.

Piper Alpha disaster (1988) | Description, Cause,

Piper Alpha disaster, explosion and sinking of the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea on July 6, 1988. The disaster killed 167 people and remains the

Fire in the Night (2013)

Fire in the Night: Directed by Anthony Wonke. With Bill Barron, Geoff Bollands, Roy Carey, Charles Haffey. Recounts 1988''s Piper Alpha oil rig disaster that

The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster

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Piper Alpha: The Disaster in Detail

Late in the evening of 06 July 1988, a series of explosions ripped through the Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea. Engulfed in fire, over the next few hours

BBC ON THIS DAY | 6 | 1988: Disaster in the North Sea

The ill-maintained and overloaded North Sea oil rig Piper Alpha was destroyed in a fire which also killed scores of workers . Leaking gas on the Occidental Oil drilling platform ignited late in the

I survived firebombs & walls of flames in Piper Alpha disaster that

THE first thing Ed Punchard knew about the explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig was when the roof of his "bomb proof" office collapsed on his head. The diver, who''d already

Oil and Gas

Piper Alpha, a North Sea oil production platform with 226 men on board, exploded in a ball of flames caused by a gas leak on 6 July 1988. Within two hours, the rig had collapsed from its

Piper Alpha 30th anniversary: Industry must not

The Piper Alpha tragedy also significantly changed the type of training that workers received, both for offshore drilling and production

Major Oil Rig Disasters of 20th & 21st Century | Arnold

History''s worst oil rig explosions, spills, and accidents. Get the facts on everything from the 1988 Piper Alpha explosion to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy.

Engineering Disasters: The Failure, Explosion, and

The Piper Alpha was built at McDermott''s Offshore Construction Yard for Occidental Petroleum to extract hydrocarbons from the Piper field in the North

Piper Bravo

Piper Bravo is a North Sea oil production platform originally operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd, and now owned by Repsol Sinopec Energy UK. Piper Bravo is an eight

Process Safety: Thirty Years After the Piper Alpha Disaster

The Piper Alpha incident in the UK North Sea had a profound impact on the development of process safety culture and legislation around the world. With the great crew

BBC Archive 1988: Piper Alpha oil rig disaster

A fire on a North Sea oil rig kills 167 people on 6 July 1988. A series of explosions rip through the Piper Alpha drilling platform, 120 miles

Piper Alpha: regime changer

Test drilling found oil there in 1973. Three years later, US operator Occidental Petroleum started production from one of the largest rigs in the North Sea, Piper Alpha, which

Piper Alpha – What have we learned?

Late in the evening of 06 July 1988, a series of explosions ripped through the Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea. Engulfed in fire, over the next few hours most of the oil rig topside modules

Oil and Gas

The Piper Alpha explosion – 1988 Piper Alpha, a North Sea oil production platform with 226 men on board, exploded in a ball of flames caused by a gas leak on 6 July 1988. Within two hours,

Technology: North sea oil rigs will be safer by design

Piper Bravo, the North Sea oil platform built to replace Piper Alpha which was destroyed by explosions and fire in July 1988 with the loss of 167 lives, is due to start

Case Study: Piper Alpha

July 6, 1988, Piper Oilfield, North Sea: As shifts changed and the night crew aboard Piper Alpha assumed duties for the evening, one of the platforms two condensate pumps failed. The crew

Piper Alpha Disaster Footage 6th July 1988

Piper Alpha disaster footage from 6th and 7th July 1988, shot by Ole Anderson. On this day, 167 men would loose there lives when a series of explosions and

The day 167 men perished in the Piper Alpha oil

On the evening of 6 July 1988, an explosion ripped through the Piper Alpha oil and gas platform 120 miles north-east of Aberdeen. Out of the 228 men on

Piper Alpha Disaster: Lessons From 1988 Tragedy

The Piper Alpha oil platform disaster killed 165 men onboard and claimed the lives of two rescuers. We explore the accident''s cause and outcomes.

Piper Alpha: The world''s deadliest offshore oil disaster

The 6 th July 1988 was a normal day for 226 crew members onboard the Piper Alpha, an oil production platform in the North Sea, located 120 miles north-east of Aberdeen,

Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story

On July 6th, 1988, a series of explosions destroyed the Piper Alpha oil platform - 167 men were killed, only 61 survived. It remains the world''s worst offshore disaster. In minute

Have You Heard of These Famous Oil Rig Disasters?

The Piper Alpha oil rig disaster is generally regarded as the worst oil rig disaster in human history. It occurred 120 miles off the coast of Scotland

Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story

Ep. 1/3 Black smoke billowing from the Piper Alpha rig. Credit: Alamy On July 6th, 1988, a series of explosions destroyed the Piper Alpha oil platform - 167 men were killed, only

30th anniversary of the world''s deadliest offshore oil

July 9, 1988: Piper Alpha oil rig explosion leaves 167 dead The world''s deadliest offshore oil disaster was caused by a gas leak on the North Sea oil rig.

Piper Alpha | A Personal Story | Documentary | The Oil Platform

This is the most personal out of all my documentaries. This documentary looks not only at the history of the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster, but the personal story of a man who lived and

Odyssey: Forgotten deadly oil rig blaze in North Sea

It''s been three decades since the Piper Alpha disaster claimed the lives of 167 men. Just two months later, workers in the North Sea were again forced to leap for their lives from a burning

Piper Alpha: The world''s deadliest offshore oil disaster

Over 30 years after the Piper Alpha oil platform suffered multiple explosions off Scotalnd taking lives of 167 people, SAFETY4SEA analyzes the North Sea disaster which

Case Study: Piper Alpha

July 6, 1988, Piper Oilfield, North Sea: As shifts changed and the night crew aboard Piper Alpha assumed duties for the evening, one of the platforms two condensate pumps failed. The crew worked

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