Explore: Piper Alpha

Piper Alpha was an oil platform located in the North Sea about 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was operated by Occidental Petroleum

while gas is shipped via the Frigg gas pipeline. In June 1975, the Piper Alpha oil platform was placed over the field in 144 metres (79 fathoms) of

Whitekirk. The first Cullen Report was prompted by Occidental Petroleum's Piper Alpha disaster on 6 July 1988, in which gas condensate ignited, killing 167

helicopter and a hospital ship with 22 beds, that rescued survivors from the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster. The vessel carried out firefighting on the night

been normal for one Lloyd's syndicate to reinsure another, but when Piper Alpha, a North Sea oil rig, exploded on 6 July 1988 causing an initial $1.4bn

On July 6, 1988, an explosion and subsequent inferno on the company's Piper Alpha platform in the Scottish North Sea, resulted in 167 fatalities in what

in the United Kingdom in response to the deaths of 167 workers on the Piper Alpha platform on 6 July 1988. The death of another worker on the Ocean Odyssey

in 1992, and commenced production in February 1993. It replaced the Piper Alpha platform which exploded in July 1988 killing 167 men. It is located approximately

Fire in the Night is a 2013 British documentary film about the Piper Alpha disaster made by Berriff McGinty Films which had been set up by Stephen McGinty

August 2025. BBC – Afternoon Play – Cut to the Heart BBC – Drama on 3 – Piper Alpha "4. THE ENGLISH WAY OF DEATH (STANDARD EDITION)". Big Finish Productions