The wreckage of the Piper Alpha oil production platform still burns in the North Sea, off Aberdeen, July 7, 1988. PA Wire/AP The rig was owned by Occidental Petroleum Corporation, an international ...

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 ...

Piper Alpha was ready for production by October 1976. The Piper Alpha oil rig off the northeast coast of Scotland, which exploded on July 6, 1988, and killed 167 men, conintues to burn a week ...

The corrected statistics, including peak generation of the Alpa Ventus wind turbines and the ... In my fact-digging on the now sunken Deepwater Horizon oil rig, I came across a stat about the ...

One of the biggest offshore disasters in history. In July 1988, a fire breaks out on the Piper Alpha - a vast oil rig in the North Sea. Those stationed on board are thrust into a hell on earth.

Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales meet members of the rescue team after the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster Mirrorpix via Getty STV Studios made a BAFTA-winning documentary about ...

At 14,000 tons and 2.5 times the height of the Statue of Liberty, the Piper Alpha oil rig was one of the largest in the world. But on July 6, 1988, the entire structure became consumed by a ...