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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]
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 ...
Lord Cullen has conducted inquiries into three major British disasters, all of which are known as the Cullen Inquiry: The Piper Alpha oil platform disaster, 6 July 1988. The Dunblane Massacre of schoolchildren, 13 March 1996. The Ladbroke Grove rail crash, west London of 5 October 1999.
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'.
Riser fire protection: The risers on MHN had no fire protection arrangements. 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 ...
The pilot of the passenger plane that hit a military chopper and crashed in the Potomac River this week may have attempted a last second move to evade the collision, NTSB said at a news conference.
The Piper oilfield is a substantial North Sea oilfield covering 30.1 km 2 (11½ sq. mi.). It lies roughly halfway between Aberdeen and Bergen , at the eastern end of the Moray Firth basin . [ 1 ] Oil extracted from it is piped to Scotland , where it is stabilised at an oil plant on the island of Flotta , in the Orkney archipelago , while gas is ...
Alpha Fire Company. Alpha Fire Company’s crews will guide Santa through the State College area starting at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24. The Christmas icon will travel on both an eastern and ...