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Date: 6 and 7 July 1988: Time: Approximately 22:00 (first explosion)Location: Piper Alpha platform, Piper oilfield, North Sea (UK sector) Coordinates: 1]: Type: Explosion and fire: Cause: – Startup of a condensate pump that had not been mechanically isolated due to ongoing maintenance – Lack of protection by design of gas risers: Filmed by: Scottish Television: Deaths: 167: Property damage ...
In the aftermath of the Piper Alpha disaster, it became apparent that riser jet fires can result in the rapid catastrophic loss of an offshore facility. This is due to the high fluid pressures and the large fuel inventory contained in the pipeline, which upon breach of containment becomes available for long lasting fires.
The Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 demonstrated how the accidental release of hydrocarbon can lead to the catastrophic failure of an installation with the rupture of major pipeline risers. [1] Jet fires impinged on vessels, pipework and firewalls.
Tartan Alpha was originally connected to the Piper Alpha platform through a 19 km 18-inch diameter gas pipeline. The failure of the riser of this pipeline at about 22:20 6 July 1988 during the Piper Alpha disaster led to a second major explosion followed by a widespread fire. [4] Production from Tartan's faulted reservoir was 'disappointing'.
July 6, 1988: Piper Alpha disaster. An explosion and resulting fire on a North Sea oil production platform kills 167 men. Total insured loss is about US$3.4 billion. To date it is rated as the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms both of lives lost and impact to industry. March 24, 1989: Exxon Valdez oil spill.
The C tail number means the plane is Canadian, and the registration information shows it as a 1978 Piper PA-32R, a six- or seven-seat high-performance, single engine, fixed-wing aircraft.
The first Cullen Report was prompted by Occidental Petroleum's Piper Alpha disaster on 6 July 1988, [1] in which gas condensate ignited, killing 167 of the 229 people on board the oil platform in only 22 minutes. [2]
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