The piper alpha disaster stephen mcginty free online. The piper alpha disaster kindle edition by stephen mcginty. The public inquiry into the piper alpha disaster reports. A true story of the piper alpha disaster on the north sea ebook. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fire in the night. The night the system failed the piper alpha inferno duration. Piper alpha was the largest platform by production in the world in its era 317,000 barrelsday, peak. The fire was visible seventy miles away as a distant, flickering. Revisit the vajont dam tragedy, one of the worlds worst manmade disasters in history, through the. It won the audience award at the 20 edinburgh international film festival.
Fire in the night focuses on the now middle aged to elderly survivors of the piper alpha oil rig disaster in 1988 where only 14 of the crew survived. I have watched fire in the night many times and it is a brilliant documentary. The crew worked to resolve the issue before platform production was affected. Piper alpha was an oil production platform in the north sea approximately 120 miles 190 km northeast of aberdeen, scotland, that was operated by occidental petroleum caledonia limited. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. Outline about piper alpha platform the happening event timeline cause of the disaster effect of the disaster key failures improvement and prevention conclusion 2. Documentary chronicling the tragic events that occurred on board the piper alpha rig in. It began production in 1976, initially as an oilonly platform but later converted to add gas production. A nthony wonkes fire in the night tells the gripping and heartwrenching story of the 1988 piper alpha disaster in the north sea. Documentary chronicling the tragic events that occurred in the north sea on board the piper alpha rig in july 1988, in what was the worlds deadliest offshore oil disaster. The piper alpha disaster a documentary about the piper alpha oil rig disaster in which 167 people died has its world premiere in edinburgh next week.
An explosion and resulting oil and gas fires destroyed piper alpha on 6 july. It was connected by an oil pipeline to flotta and by gas pipelines to two other installations. On the 25th anniversary of one of the worlds worst offshore oil disasters, this documentary chronicles the tragic events that occurred on the. On october 9, 1963, a massive landslide slammed into a dam reservoir, unleashing a sixbilliongallon wall of water onto the unsuspecting village of longarone, italy. Pdf in 1998, the explosion of the piper alpha platform claimed 167 lives, making it. Pdf preventable disasters in the offshore oil industry. Alpha disaster in 1988 in which 167 offshore workers died. Even at that age it had a profound effect on me and still does. Combining interviews with survivors, witness statements, and transcripts from the official enquiry into the disaster, this is the moving and vivid tale of what happened on that fateful night. This compilation of previous seconds from disaster episodes combines two airliner crashes that took hundreds of lives. Piper alpha was a north sea oil production platform operated by occidental petroleum caledonia ltd. Rapidgator fire in the night the piper alpha disaster. As diving was such a regular part of normal operation.
Dokumenter mengenai ledakan anjungan lepas pantai piper alpha di north sea. On the surface of the sea, a converted fishing trawler inched as close as possible. So why didnt the fire protection system activate as intended. As the night crew turned on the alternate condensate pump system, the blind flange failed under the high pressure, resulting in a chain reaction of explosions and failures across piper alpha that killed 167 workers in the deadliest offshore oil industry disaster to date. It produced oil from 24 wells and in its early life it had also produced gas from two wells. Piper alpha was a large north sea oil platform that started production in 1976. It was a cataclysm that killed 167 men and left only 61 survivors. An explosion and resulting oil and gas fires destroyed piper alpha on 6 july 1988, killing 167. It was first shown on television on 9 july 20 on bbc two, three days after the 25th anniversary of the disaster.
The piper alpha disaster which killed 167 workers on 6 july 1988 off the coast of aberdeen is the worldsdeadliest ever oil rig accident. Fire in the night tells, for the first time and in gripping detail, the devastating story of that summer evening. The fire was visible from seventy miles away and the heat generated was so intense that a helicopter could only circle the rig at a perimeter of one mile. For many years, the practice on piper alpha was to switch the fire pumps from automatic to manual when divers were in the sea. As shifts changed and the night crew aboard piper alpha assumed duties for the evening, one of the platforms two condensate pumps failed. The piper alpha disaster reprints by stephen mcginty isbn. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. I was 16 in 1988 when the piper alpha disaster happened. Piper alpha re ceived and sent to the shore the oil and gas production of a group of platforms. The 20 documentary film fire in the night is about the disaster. Fire in the night relives the tragic events that occurred on the piper alpha rig on 6th july 1988. Ic chapter 10 show that the bodies of of the 165 personnel piper lnhc died as a result of th disaster were later recovered. Preventable disasters in the offshore oil industry. The new engineer who must find a path to safety on a burning oil rig.
They also demonstrated rhe shortcomings of the type of etandby which wa. Dont forget to subscribe for more documentaries like this one. In 1998, swissair flight 111 fell from the sky due to a wiring fault that sparked a fire in the entire cockpit. The piper alpha disaster kindle edition by mcginty, stephen. This fire grew uncontrollably and led to the demise of all 229 people on board. For those interested, the documentary, piper alpha seconds from disaster goes into more detail as to why the disaster occurred. The book of the same name is also very good and is naturally more detailed. Fire in the night is a 20 british documentary film about the piper alpha disaster directed by anthony wonke. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Fire in the night official trailer in cinemas june 21st.
Learning from the piper alpha accident the offshore platform piper alpha, which was lo cated in the british sector of the north sea oil field and operated by occidental petroleum, was engulfed in a catastrophic fire on july 6, 1988. It was a catastrophe that killed 167 men and left only 61 survivors, each of whom had to fight for their lives to escape the huge, labyrinthine structure and the flames that were consuming it. The piper alpha disaster book online at best prices in india on. Tragically, the automatic fire drench system on piper alpha was in manual mode the night of the blast. But on july 6, 1988, the entire structure became consumed by a devastating and deadly fire. Its bizarre how this isnt an event thats already been made a hollywood film because fire in the night is incredibly cinematic with its use of news reel, talking heads and reenactments.
One of the worst manmade disasters in history from. However, the firefighting system was under manual control on the evening of 6. After the rupture of the first gas line, piper alpha was doomed. What caused the giant piper alpha oil rig explosion. Pdf this article compares two industrial disasters in the offshore oil industry, the explosion and fire on piper alpha off the coast of. Piper alpha was an oil production platform in the north sea approximately 120 miles 190 km.
It was built in the north sea by a consortium run by occidental and dr. Seconds from disaster explosion in the north sea youtube. Emotional testimonies, archive footage and dramatic reconstructions show how survivors, against all odds, escaped the inferno including those who were. Pdf the british offshore oil industry after piper alpha.