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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]
After 180 days of proceedings extending for 13 months, [105] the report Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster (short: Cullen Report) was issued in November 1990. [11] [12] It concluded that the initial condensate leak was the result of maintenance work being carried out simultaneously on a pump and related safety valve. The inquiry was ...
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.
In the wake of Lord Cullen's report, the British offshore industry first, followed by the rest of the world, have gradually implemented policies by which the risk of riser fire is quantitatively assessed and riser passive fire protection is installed accordingly. The fireproofing of the risers all the way down to the water surface is still rare.
The first Cullen Report into the Piper Alpha Disaster: Offshore Installations (Public Inquiries) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/338) Lord Cullen: November 1988 November 1990 Vol 1, Vol 2: The inquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster of 6 July 1988 Investigation into the flotation of Mirror Group Newspapers plc. Companies Act 1985 (c. 6), s. 432(2) and ...
Hammer was leading Occidental in 1988 when its oil rig, Piper Alpha, exploded, killing 167 men. The Cullen Report highlighted failings in many areas on the platform. As of 2016, he has been the subject of six biographies: in 1975 (Considine, authorized biography), 1985 (Bryson, coffee table book ), Weinberg 1989, Blumay 1992, Epstein 1996, and ...
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The conflict of interest was examined in the Burgoyne Report in 1980 which supported the existing offshore approach. [ 4 ] Following the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988, the 106 recommendations of the Public Inquiry by Lord Cullen proposed fundamental changes to the regulation of offshore safety.