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Piper alpha was a large north sea oil platform that started production in 1976. Piper alpha was no accident, it was a disaster waiting to happen. Investigating a devastating explosion on the piper alpha, an offshore drilling platform, on july 6, 1998, in the north sea, which resulted in the deaths of 167 crew members. Seconds from disaster explosion in the north sea tv. Seconds after the explosion, raes manager arrived from the office block. This is piper alpha spiral to disaster bbc by green world group on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Seconds from disaster returns to national geographic channel international to recreate and analyze 6 of the most famous disasters of recent history. Sue jane, who was offshore in the months before to the disaster, sketched. Hopefully national geographic will release the other seasons as well, as other episodes of the series have focused on the concorde crash, chernobyl, the piper alpha disaster in the north sea, the destruction of the shuttles challenger and columbia, the eruption of mount st. National geographic featured this incident in an episode of its seconds from disaster documentary. Helens, the hindenburg disaster and the kings cross fire.
The piper alpha incident is still regarded as the worst offshore oil disaster in the history of the uk. Piper alpha re ceived and sent to the shore the oil and gas production of a group of platforms. Piper alpha was an oil production platform in the north sea operated by occidental petroleum caledonia limited. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The piper alpha platform is the largest and oldest platform in the north sea oilfield. The piper alpha disaster reprints by stephen mcginty isbn. Watch seconds from disaster episodes online season 1.
The piper alpha was an offshore drilling platform, located in the north sea. The british car ferry ms herald of free enterprise departs the port of zeebrugge in belgium. Jun 24, 2014 dokumenter mengenai ledakan anjungan lepas pantai piper alpha di north sea. So other platforms continued production and pumping of gas for sometime which supplied additional fuel to the fire at piper. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The national geographic documentary programme seconds from disaster investigates. Since drilling began in the north sea in the 1970s there have been 300 deaths on britains 123 oil installations, often in accidents caused by bad weather. Free enterprise, of which the oil industry is a glorious standard. Explosion in the north sea piper alpha disaster youtube. After 180 days of proceedings, it released its report public inquiry into the piper alpha disaster short.
Piper alpha prosecutions worth considering, says mp. The controversy around it was heightened when a report. An explosion on the piper alpha platform occurred in july 1988. The piper alpha disaster which killed 167 workers on 6 july 1988 off the coast of aberdeen is the worldsdeadliest ever oil rig accident. The short film was produced for step change by the art department and features audio from the bbc radio 3 drama piper alpha the human price of oil, by stephen phelps. Piper alpha is an offshore oil and gas platform that suffered an explosion.
Sweeping changes needed in the way that safety in the offshore industry is assessed. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project andor contribute to the discussion. Step change in safety has commissioned a short film about the piper alpha disaster featuring artwork by sue jane taylor. You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of your choice. Within seconds, a massive explosion rocked the rig as. Piper alpha rewrites the rules on offshore safety new. A northeast mp suggested yesterday that prosecutions could still be launched over the piper alpha disaster. Seconds from disaster is one of the best shows ever produced. Seconds from disaster explosion in the north sea jack malcolm. Drawing on both survivor testimony and the results of lord cullens later enquiry, the play recreates the events, in which neither occidental nor the operators. Preventable disasters in the offshore oil industry.
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Documentary chronicling the tragic events that occurred in the north sea on board the piper alpha rig in july 1988, in what was the worlds deadliest offshore oil disaster. May 03, 20 seconds from disaster explosion in the north sea jack malcolm. Piper alpha disaster survivor meets the man he feared he. Seconds from disaster, season 1, episode 10, explosion in the. Dokumenter mengenai ledakan anjungan lepas pantai piper alpha di north sea. The loss of the piper alpha oil rig was the result of a. Aug 03, 2017 before the disaster, maintenance and upgrading work had been under way but piper alpha had been continuing to produce oil. This is the conclusion of the cullen report into the explosion on the oil rig piper alpha that killed 167 men. Piper alpha platform, north sea offshore technology oil. At the time of the disaster, piper was one of the heaviest platforms along with. Jul 07, 2018 documentary chronicling the tragic events that occurred in the north sea on board the piper alpha rig in july 1988, in what was the worlds deadliest offshore oil disaster.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fire in the night. The platform began production in 1976, first as an oil platform and then later converted to. The 2010 macondo drilling disaster, which resulted in the largest accidental. For those interested, the documentary, piper alpha seconds from disaster goes into more detail as to why the disaster occurred. Piper alpha was an oil production platform in the north sea approximately 120 miles 190 km. About piper alpha placed at north sea, the platform began production in 1976, first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas oil production started in 1976 with about 250,000 barrels 40,000 m3 of oil per day increasing to 300,000 barrels 48,000 m3 a gas recovery module. It produced oil from 24 wells and in its early life it had also produced gas from two wells. Seconds from disaster explosion in the north sea youtube. Jan 03, 2017 piper alpha was a north sea oil production platform operated by occidental petroleum caledonia ltd.