A commemorative service will take place on July 6th at 1pm in Aberdeen’s Hazlehead Park, where Scotland’s Piper Alpha memorial is located.

A commemorative service will take place on July 6th at 1pm in Aberdeen’s Hazlehead Park, where Scotland’s Piper Alpha ...

The oil industry’s worst nightmare came true on July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, leaving most workers trapped in an inferno at sea. This disaster led ...

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The July 6, 1988 the oil platform Piper Alpha located in the North Sea near the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland suffered a devastating fire which caused 167 victims 165 platform workers (out of 226 total) ...

The 1988 Piper Alpha disaster has been described as one of the worst industrial accidents of its kind.

Families of the men killed in the world's worst oil rig disaster have branded plans to make a television drama out of the tragedy 'an invasion of our deepest wounds'.

THE fight to honour the legacy of the victims of 1988’s Piper Alpha oil-rig disaster continues, RMT union general secretary Mick Lynch said on Saturday. “Piper Alpha shows the dangers of poorly ...

Billie Piper on the Prince Andrew scandal: ‘Any abuse of power and abuse of innocence just makes me feel sick and furious’ The actor talks to Jessie Thompson about the ‘Newsnight ...

Article citations More>> Cullen, W.D. (1990) The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster. HMSO, London. has been cited by the following article: TITLE: Applying Lean Thinking to Improve ...

The Piper Alpha disaster off the coast of Aberdeen is the world’sdeadliest ever oil rig accident. At that time Piper Alpha Oil is the largest oil producer in the world because it can produce 317,000 ...