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 ...

Shane Gorman was 18 when he lost his dad in the Piper Alpha disaster. David was a safety officer on the oil platform, which stood about 120 miles (193km) north-east of Aberdeen. He was one of 167 men ...

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 ...

11:56, Wed, Aug 27, 2025 Updated: 11:58, Wed, Aug 27, 2025 A docudrama that tells the story of one of the worst offshore oil and gas disasters has been released on BBC iPlayer this week. Disaster at ...

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 world's deadliest offshore oil disaster, the Piper Alpha explosion, happened 30 years this week. One hundred sixty-seven workers perished in the fire that followed an explosion on July 6, 1988, ...

Pipeline shut on Dec. 11; repair work could last several weeks. Deliveries of crude oil through the Forties pipeline in the North Sea are under force majeure for the first time in decades and operator ...

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