Statue commemorating the men lost on Piper Alpha . The statue stands within the gardens and consists of 3 oil workers

Remembering Piper Alpha

It remains the world’s worst offshore oil disaster in lives lost.

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On 6th of July 1988 the Piper Alpha oil production platform run by   Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Limited exploded resulting in a series of gas and oil fires destroying the platform.

  • 167 people died
  • only 61 survived
  • 30 bodies were never recovered

It remains the world’s worst offshore oil disaster in lives lost.

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Piper Alpha Memorial (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Angusmclellan)

One response to “Remembering Piper Alpha”

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    Ian Carse

    “Like” is really the wrong term but I think it is a terrible moment in history that deserves to be commemorated so thanks for drawing it to my attention

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