Oil pollution in North Sea is 'grossly underestimated,' suggests new report
Growing up in Aberdeen, Scotland, the shadow of the Piper Alpha disaster loomed large over our community. The tragic ...
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Managers' competence is key to containing damage during a crisis
“I think there existed on the Piper Alpha a very strong production culture. Oil platforms cannot be turned off and on like a tap. If they are shut-down, it can take days and a lot of work to get them ...
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Piper Alpha survivor takes up Step Change in Safety executive director role
A survivor of the Piper Alpha disaster has ... of the safety body of the UK's oil and gas industry. Steve Rae was one of the 61 people who survived when the platform exploded on 6 July 1988.
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Fire in the Night
A re-examination of the events that led to the Piper Alpha oil-drilling platform—at the time the largest and oldest in the North Sea oilfield—exploding on the night of 6 July 1988, killing 167 ...
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Piper Alpha Survivors
Celebrating Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, as a notable event over her 70 year reign. Sea King Search and Rescue helicopters from RAF Boulmer and RAF Lossiemouth rescue of survivors of the ...
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Fire in the Night
Documentary chronicling the tragic events that occurred in the North Sea on board the Piper Alpha rig in July 1988, in what was the world's deadliest offshore oil disaster. It was a cataclysm that ...