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 comes ...
A new box-set documentary series set for BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer will examine the 1988 Piper Alpha oil platform disaster off the Scottish coast that left 167 people dead and remains the ...
The North Sea platform was the world's largest oil producer—but a routine shift change led to catastrophe.
The Piper Alpha tragedy scarred communities across the north-east and beyond, and many people will today be remembering lost ...
Told through the testimony of rig workers and their families back home, this is the minute-by-minute story of how the 1980s oil boom turned to disaster when Piper Alpha exploded. Piper Alpha burns, ...
Jake Molloy of the RMT-OILC union was speaking on the 23rd anniversary of the disaster that led to the deaths of 167 members of the offshore workforce. “Nobody likes to look back to such a terrible ...
Bob Ballantyne, who became the voice of the survivors of the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster, has died after a battle against cancer. Bob, aged 61, was one of only 62 men who survived the catastrophe, which ...
Lord Cullen and Linda Ellis are to be honored in the official naming ceremony of the newly-extended HOTA facilities on the training provider's Malmo Road site in Hull on Thursday, September 22, 2011.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's oil and gas industry has spent billions and transformed standards to make a repeat of the worst ever offshore disaster highly unlikely, officials said on Thursday, nearly ...
On 6 July 1988, fire engulfed Piper Alpha, killing 167 men. With dramatic testimony and emotional interviews, this is the minute-by-minute story of that night and the search for truth.
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