Bundaberg hospital surgery deaths poor surgery decisions and techniques contributed to the deaths of patients and many more suffered adverse outcomes. Documentary chronicling the tragic events that occurred on board the piper alpha rig in july 1988, when 167 men were killed in the worlds deadliest offshore oil. Jul 01, 2019 piper alpha disaster joe meanen, who jumped into the sea from the burning platform, with gary gallagher, who survived a 32ft fall from a hotel roof, to make workplaces safer. Jul 07, 20 saturday, july 6, 20 marked the 25th anniversary of the largest disaster in the history of offshore oil and gas industry. It can be obtained from the bbc education and training department and it cost approx. On wednesday, july 6, 1988 the piper alpha platform in the uk part of the north sea was struck by an explosion which set the facility on fire, killing 167 men on board. Piper alpha spiral to disaster video free download. Pipe lift raft on its aunching platform efore h, init. Late in the evening of 06 july 1988, a series of explosions ripped through the piper alpha platform in the north sea. Preventing piper alpha and iso 3 nicholas and smith. Both oil and gas was pumped from the two other platforms to piper alpha and subsequently pumped to. It was connected by an oil pipeline to flotta and by gas pipelines to two other installations. The piper alpha platform is the largest and oldest platform in the north sea oilfield.
Previous video this lion couple mates over 100 times a day at 14,000 tons and 2. Piper alpha disaster joe meanen, who jumped into the sea from the burning platform, with gary gallagher, who survived a 32ft fall from a hotel roof, to make workplaces safer. Also, the probability of such an accident could be made arbitrarily small by controlling the level of detail in which the accident is described. Pdf fire in the night the piper alpha disaster read online. For similar platforms and for a welldefined class of accidents, however, this study is the. The design of the platform is examined, together with the sequence of events that magnified the disaster. The platform began production in 1976, first as an oil platform and then later converted to. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This is one of the 10 dvds in the acclaimed bbc series now available in a totally. This program utilizes a case study of the explosion and fire at the piper alpha oil platform in the north sea which resulted in the loss of 167 lives. It was last inspected two weeks ago but last week there was a small fire on the rig. Dec 03, 2017 piper alpha spiral to disaster december 3, 2017 jarwato disaster piper alpha the disaster in detail features piper alpha monopoly edition callous say tragedy films media group spiral to disaster 1 piper alpha archives insurance thought leadership piper alpha monopoly edition callous say tragedy. The piper alpha was built at mcdermotts offshore construction yard for occidental petroleum to extract hydrocarbons from the piper field in the north sea.
Bbc nine oclock news piper alpha 7th july 1988 part one duration. Download adobe acrobat or click here to download the pdf file. The slowest gun in the west 1960 fair play 1972 dvd top 25 bestselling dvd. Piper alpha re ceived and sent to the shore the oil and gas production of a group of platforms. The rig produced oil, gas and condensate primarily propane and was linked to two other drilling platforms via large undersea pipelines. The vast inferno created by simultaneous eruptions from ruptured gas and. It appears your web browser is not configured to display pdf files. The new engineer who must find a path to safety on a burning oil rig. The design of the platform is examined, together with the. Landmark piper alpha cullen report now free to download. On 6 july 1988 a series of explosions ripped through the piper alpha platform in the north sea. Saturday, july 6, 20 marked the 25th anniversary of the largest disaster in the history of offshore oil and gas industry.
Drawing on both survivor testimony and the results of lord cullens later enquiry, the play recreates the events, in which neither occidental nor the operators. The short film was produced for step change by the art department and features audio from the bbc radio 3 drama piper alpha the human price of oil, by stephen phelps. Piper alpha production platform explosion and fire killing 167 men. Rating is available when the video has been rented.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fire in the night. Frontline scotland, which will be shown on tuesday night, questions the longheld view that the inferno in july 1988 which claimed the lives of 167 men was sparked by a single. Due to a set of overlapping small difficulties a major mishap occurred and a catastrophic explosion took place. 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. I think there is a copy on youtube but i cant work out how to a. Feel free to discuss or share thoughts and memories on this page. The crew worked to resolve the issue before platform production was affected. Sea king helicopter crash mechanical failure causes crash killing 9 australian defence force personnel. This is piper alpha spiral to disaster bbc by green world group on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Engulfed in fire, over the next few hours most of the oil rig topside modules collapsed into the sea.
It produced oil from 24 wells and in its early life it had also produced gas from two wells. Piper alpha was a large offshore rig based 100km off the coast of aberdeen. This is one of the 10 dvds in the acclaimed bbc series now available in a totally new format with expert training support material. Bizarre cartoons of the past dvd top 25 bestselling dvd. Piper alpha survivors recall disaster 25 years on business. It provides the basis of discussion, analysis and training in a variety of ohs areas, including risk assessment, permit to work, emergency procedures, safety design and more. The safety video is a gripping dramadocumentary that recreates the three hours of the piper alpha tragedy. The serpents tongue the grayhaven maniac dvd top 25 bestselling dvd. Both oil and gas was pumped from the two other platforms to piper alpha and subsequently pumped to shore. In the space of two hours, 167 men lost their lives. What caused the giant piper alpha oil rig explosion. Two men implicated in the chain of events which ended with the piper alpha oil rig disaster could have been wrongly blamed, according to a bbc television documentary. As shifts changed and the night crew aboard piper alpha assumed duties for the evening, one of the platforms two condensate pumps failed.
The illmaintained and overloaded north sea oil rig piper alpha was destroyed in a fire which also killed scores of workers. Piper alpha, owned by occidental petroleum, began production in 1976 at the piper oil field, which is owned by the opcal joint venture jv. Reenactment of the destruction of the piper alpha oil rig in an explosion on july 6, 1988. Piper alpha film a reminder that same hazards exist. She sketched many of the men on piper alpha and went on to create the iconic memorial that now stands in hazelhead park. Piper alpha spiral to disaster december 3, 2017 jarwato disaster piper alpha the disaster in detail features piper alpha monopoly edition callous say tragedy films media group spiral to disaster 1 piper alpha archives insurance thought leadership piper alpha monopoly edition callous say tragedy. E ven 25 years on, charles haffeys most powerful memory of the piper alpha disaster was the overwhelming, deafening noise.
Piper alpha timeline piper alpha was a large offshore rig based 100km off the coast of aberdeen. A disaster which could have been, if not totally adverted, dramatically changed in course without the horrible loss of human life. Spiral to disaster piper alpha is a training video that analyzes this industrial tragedy which could have been prevented or averted to improve safety programs. So other platforms continued production and pumping of gas for sometime which supplied additional fuel to the fire at piper.
But on july 6, 1988, the entire structure became consumed by a devastating and deadly fire. The piper alpha disaster kindle edition by mcginty, stephen. 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. Piper alpha the tragic event of piper alpha occurred when this massive oil platform in the north sea succumbed to explosion and fire, resulting in the loss of 167 lives. She was also supplied with gas from tartan field that was exported along with her own produced gas. Piper alpha disaster news, views, gossip, pictures, video. About piper alpha placed at north sea, the platform began production in 1976, first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas oil production started in 1976 with about 250,000 barrels 40,000 m3 of oil per day increasing to 300,000 barrels 48,000 m3 a gas recovery m. Jul 04, 20 e ven 25 years on, charles haffeys most powerful memory of the piper alpha disaster was the overwhelming, deafening noise. This documentary provides an inside look into the events leading up to the 1988 piper alpha oil rig explosion, an event that claimed 167 lives. It began production in 1976, 2 initially as an oilonly platform but later converted to add gas production. She was one of the largest oil producing platforms in the north sea at that time, exporting the processed oil to flotta terminal in orkney. Piper alpha was a large north sea oil platform that started production in 1976. Piper alpha film a reminder that same hazards exist today.
Piper alpha platform, north sea offshore technology oil. Piper alpha disaster news, views, gossip, pictures. It was initially constructed as an oil production platform and was later converted to facilitate gas production, with a new gas recovery module being added. Leaking gas on the occidental oil drilling platform ignited late in the evening of 6 july 1988, causing a devastating blaze in which 167 of the 226 men on board perished. Since drilling began in the north sea in the 1970s there have been 300 deaths on britains 123 oil installations, often in. The report was previously only available in print at a cost of. Piper alpha atform from the,xlpha forll the all pi. Nov, 2012 piper alpha production platform explosion and fire killing 167 men. Search streaming video, audio, and text content for academic, public, and k12 institutions. Piper alpha spiral to disaster video free download images. This safety video training workshop utilizes a case study of the tragic event of the explosion and fire at the piper alpha oil platform. The video that you refer to is a bbc production called spiral to disaster from the bbc disaster series 1.
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