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 ...

The Royal Air Force rescue team gazed at the hellish spectacle in front of them. They were alone in the middle of the North Sea, and one of the world’s largest oil platforms was consumed by ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is developing a drama series about the Piper Alpha disaster, one of the most catastrophic offshore oil incidents of all time and the worst in terms of lives lost. The drama ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is developing a drama series about the Piper Alpha disaster, one of the most catastrophic offshore oil incidents of all time and the worst in terms of lives lost. The drama comes ...

The BBC is developing a Piper Alpha disaster series about the tragic oil rig accident from STV Studios and James Wood.

The Piper Alpha oil platform's main accommodation block rests on a barge in the North Sea, ready to be towed to sheltered water after it was lifted to the surface 101 days after the disaster UNIONS ...

An update on additional maintenance work and next steps for the Piper Alpha Memorial and the North Sea Memorial Rose Gardens at Hazlehead Park ahead of the 35th anniversary of the disaster was today ...

A report to Full Council said the Piper Alpha Memorial and the North Sea Memorial Rose Garden are of huge significance to those affected by the Piper Alpha disaster, and to the people of Aberdeen, and ...

Thirty-four years ago today, an explosion occurred on the Piper Alpha oil platform, located approximately 120 miles north-east of Aberdeen in the North Sea.

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, remains the world’s deadliest offshore ...