In July 1988, the North Sea oil platform ignited. As it melted around him, Joe Meanen knew there was only one possible, but highly perilous, way out for him Joe Meanen estimates it took him about six ...

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 service to remember the 167 men who died in the Piper Alpha disaster is to be held in Aberdeen on the 30th anniversary of the tragedy. Families, friends and representatives of the UK oil and gas ...

In a couple of months, the UK industry will mark the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, still the world’s deadliest offshore accident. The phrase “no room for complacency” is concerned is ...

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 ...

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The offshore industry need not be so dangerous if safety is put first. PA The explosions and fire that completely destroyed the North Sea oil rig Piper Alpha and cost 167 workers their lives remains ...

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 ...

Carla Miller and Nicola Moffat, daughters of Frank Miller, Piper Alpha scaffolder, and Fiona McNeill, widow of Frank Miller The Piper Alpha platform is gone—obliterated by fire and lost to the North ...

In July 1988, a maintenance breakdown on Piper Alpha triggered a chain of explosions that turned the North Sea platform into the deadliest offshore disaster in history. Helicopter footage captured ...

With the same meticulous research employed in books on sea explorer Jacques Cousteau and the mysteries of the oceans, Matsen (Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King) takes on the devastating 1988 Piper Alpha ...

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, ...