6 July 1988: A series of explosions destroyed the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea. One hundred and sixty seven men died in the world's worst offshore oil disaster. An inquiry blamed the ...

The Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 shocked the world, and changed offshore safety management and legislation in the North Sea beyond recognition. Julian Turner charts the safety improvements that ...

Safety has vastly improved on North Sea oil and gas platforms since the deadly explosion on the Piper Alpha rig 25 years ago, but experts warn there is no room for complacency.

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 ...

SCARRED by the memories, Piper Alpha survivor Billy Clayton is never far from tears. Shaking, the brave grandad relived the world’s worst offshore oil disaster two decades on. Tomorrow is the ...

They were alone in the middle of the North Sea, ... Nearby, a rescue boat was making a herculean effort to save as many men as possible, but the circumstances at Piper Alpha were dire.

PIPER Alpha survivors have re-lived the horrors of the North Sea disaster in a harrowing TV documentary.The 1988 tragedy, which claimed 167 victims, r Jump directly to the content Scottish Sun ...

Piper Alpha began production in 1976 around 120 miles north east of Aberdeen, a Scottish city known as one of the oil capitals of Europe. Twelve years after it opened, the rig collapsed following ...

The 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, which claimed the lives of 167 men, will be marked on Saturday. A series of explosions ripped through the North Sea platform, which was destroyed ...

On 6 July 1988 a series of explosions ripped through the Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea. In the space of two hours, 167 men lost their lives. It remains the world's worst offshore oil disaster.

Piper Alpha survivor recalls sea disaster. SCARRED by the memories, Piper Alpha survivor Billy Clayton is never far from tears. Share. by Alastair Craig; 00:00, 5 Jul 2008 Updated 17:31, 27 Feb 2013; ...