On July 6, 1988, 167 people died in the Piper Alpha explosion. The world’s deadliest offshore oil disaster, the Piper Alpha explosion, happened 30 years this week. The wreckage of the Piper ...

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 to ...

The full enormity – and the horror – of the Piper Alpha disaster was finally driven home to me in the early hours of 7 July, 1988. It was the moment that Jim McDonald, the veteran rigger who ...

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 ...

A ceremony was held in Aberdeen's Memorial Garden to remember the 167 men who lost their lives in the North Sea, 25 years ago The 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, in which 167 men ...

As the terrifying inferno raged around them, the panicking riggers were seemingly left with a stark choice – death by fire, or death by drowning. With the heat reaching unimaginable temperatures ...

6 July 1988: A series of explosions destroyed the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea. One hundred and sixty seven men died in the world's worst offshore oil disaster. An inquiry blamed the ...

SAFETY measures in the offshore industry have improved by "light years" since the Piper Alpha disaster, but workers need to remain vigilant and be aware of the "consequences of failure".

It’s nice to get it all sorted and put a face to the story.” Piper Alpha disaster: A list of the 167 men who lost their life in North Sea tragedy Piper Alpha disaster 25 years on: Three ...

Piper Alpha remains one of the most expensive man-made catastrophes of all time and is equal to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in terms of its impact on the oil industry. The inquiry took ...

An inquiry, led by Lord Cullen, into the Piper Alpha disaster concluded that the initial gas condensate leak had been the result of maintenance work being carried out simultaneously on a pump and ...

He also reflected on some of the safety changes introduced after the Piper Alpha disaster. “A rig can now only burn the fuel that is on board which was not the case on the Piper Alpha.