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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 (Caledonia) Limited (OPCAL) and began production in December 1976, [ 3 ] initially as an oil-only platform, but later converted to add gas production.
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, author of the 2008 book Fire in the Night and Paul Berriff, a film maker and cameraman who had witnessed the events of the disaster. [1] [2] It was directed by Anthony Wonke. [3]
The Tartan oil field is located in Blocks 15/16a and 14/20a of the UK North Sea continental shelf. Its name continues the Scottish theme of oil fields in the area (eg Claymore, Piper, Scott). [ 1 ] The Tartan field was discovered in February 1975 and the oil reservoir comprises an Upper Jurassic sandstone at a depth of 9,800 to 12,000 feet (2 ...
A series of explosions and fires on the Piper Alpha, ... "Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster" ("Capsized in the North Sea") MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizing: March 6, 1987:
On July 6, 1988, the company's Piper Alpha offshore production platform in the North Sea was destroyed when an out of service gas condensate pump was started with its pressure safety valve removed. The subsequent gas leak, explosion and fire resulted in the deaths of 167 workers in what remains the world's deadliest offshore disaster. [21]
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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.
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