Engulfed in fire, over the next few hours most of the oil rig topside modules collapsed into the sea. An explosion and resulting oil and gas fires destroyed piper alpha on 6 july 1988, killing 167 men. Fire in the night movie trailer and videos tv guide. The piper alpha disaster which killed 167 workers on 6 july 1988 off the coast of aberdeen is the worldsdeadliest ever oil rig accident. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime. Fire in the night is the first doc on the piper ive seen, and it far.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fire in the night. Use the button available on this page to download or read a book online. Piper alpha, owned by occidental petroleum, began production in 1976 at the piper oil field, which is owned by the opcal joint venture jv. Since drilling began in the north sea in the 1970s there have been 300 deaths on britains 123 oil installations, often in. 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. Rapidgator fire in the night the piper alpha disaster. The piper alpha disaster kindle edition by mcginty, stephen. It was last inspected two weeks ago but last week there was a small fire on the rig. A nthony wonkes fire in the night tells the gripping and heartwrenching story of the 1988 piper alpha disaster in the north sea. The tharosdescribed by rae as the worlds largest floating fire enginewas approximately 1,500 feet away from the piper alpha. Jun 20, 20 a nthony wonkes fire in the night tells the gripping and heartwrenching story of the 1988 piper alpha disaster in the north sea. But on july 6, 1988, the entire structure became consumed by a devastating and deadly fire. However, the fire fighting system was under manual control on the evening of 6 july. Truly immense documentary about the 1988 piper alpha offshore oil.
Piper alpha was an oil production platform in the north sea approximately 120 miles 190 km. Sep 02, 2015 when piper alpha exploded on july 6, 1988, the sandhaven was one of the first vessels on the scene. Piper alpha platform, north sea offshore technology oil and gas. 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. Bibliography building process safety culture tool kit.
Piper alpha was the largest platform by production in the world in its era 317,000 barrelsday, peak. However, the firefighting system was under manual control on the evening of july 6. Late in the evening of 06 july 1988, a series of explosions ripped through the piper alpha platform in the north sea. I have watched fire in the night many times and it is a brilliant documentary. Piper alpha on fire shortly after the second explosion. Fire in the night is a 20 british documentary film about the piper alpha disaster directed by anthony wonke. On the night of the fire, no water to drown the fire was released from the piper alpha platform itself.
Unaware of the maintenance being carried out on one of the pumps, a night. A threeday conference, piper 25, was held in aberdeen last week to mark the 25th anniversary of the piper alpha oil rig disaster. It was first shown on television on 9 july 20 on bbc two, three days after. Boat that helped to save lives during piper alpha tragedy. When piper alpha exploded on july 6, 1988, the sandhaven was one of the first vessels on the scene. Download our 2019 technology, media and telecoms predictions report. News uk home news you could only call the scene apocalyptic. Ablaze with 226 men on board, the searing temperatures caused the platform to collapse in just two hours.
Download and stutter books online, epub pdf online audible kindle is an easy way to popularize, books for disparate. The day shift ended, and the night shift started with 62 men running piper alpha. Fire in the night chemical engineering nik aliff syazreen bin sabri 526 mohamad razlan bin md radzi 545 amirul hafiz bin rusnan 663 ahmad hissamuddin b zulkifli 604 nur hidayah shahrul amar 590 engineers in society dr usama eldemerdash 2. The catastrophe killed 167 men and left only 61 survivors, each of whom. Anthony wonkes documentary revisits the night in interviews with a handful of. Stvs bafta winning feature documentary about the piper alpha north sea oil disaster. On the 25th anniversary of the oil rig explosion, a witness talks publicly about the fire. It appears your web browser is not configured to display pdf files. Download adobe acrobat or click here to download the pdf file. Jul 04, 2008 piper alpha was the largest platform by production in the world in its era 317,000 barrelsday, peak. The piper alpha disaster stephen mcginty free online. The piper alpha platform is the largest and oldest platform in the north sea oilfield. Piper alpha platform, north sea offshore technology oil. That fire impinged on a gas riser from anotherplatform, which fueled an extremely intense fire under the deck of piper alpha.
Here you can download all books for free in pdf or epub format. 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. The controversy around it was heightened when a report. Piper alpha was a north sea oil production platform operated by occidental petroleum caledonialtd. 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 inside an oil rig inferno. It was built in the north sea by a consortium run by occidental and dr. Even at that age it had a profound effect on me and still does. The piper alpha disaster on your kindle in under a minute. Fire in the night tells, for the first time and in gripping detail, the devastating story of that summer evening. Newly updated for the thirtieth year since the tragedy, fire in the night by journalist stephen mcginty tells in gripping detail the devastating story of that summer evening.
Piper alpha is an offshore oil and gas platform that suffered an explosion in july 1988. On 6 july 1988 a series of explosions ripped through the piper alpha oil platform, 110 miles northeast of aberdeen in the north sea. On the 25th anniversary of one of the worlds worst offshore oil disasters, this documentary chronicles the tragic events that occurred on the. Jul 04, 20 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 relives the tragic events that occurred on the piper alpha rig on 6th july 1988. Piper alpha fire in the night the boys journeys on vimeo. Piper alpha was a north sea oil production platform operated by occidental. Pdf fire in the night the piper alpha disaster read online. The piper alpha disaster now on your favorite device. An explosion and the resulting oil and gas fires destroyed it on 6 july 1988, killing 167 men, with only 61 survivors. The piper alpha disaster pdf book author, online pdf book editor fire in the night. It began production in 1976, initially as an oilonly platform but later converted to add gas production. The final causal issue revealed in the piper alpha investigation pointed to the crucial paperwork in place to ensure that all works, maintenance or otherwise, were only carried out when it was safe to do so, and when no parallel tasks was.
The heat generated was so intense that a helicopter could only circle at a perimeter of one mile, the tongues. Stephen mcginty the fire was visible seventy miles away as a distant, flickering flame on the horizon. All you like piper alpha fire in the night 720p hdtv x264. Documentary chronicling the tragic events on board the piper alpha oil rig in july 1988. However, the fire fighting system was under manual control on the evening of july 6. It won the audience award at the 20 edinburgh international film festival.
Explosion in the north sea piper alpha disaster youtube. That fire at night which will not be forgotten published on april 14, 2018 april 14, 2018 627 likes 109 comments. Ic chapter 10 show that the bodies of of the 165 personnel piper lnhc died as a result of th disaster were later recovered. Combining interviews with survivors, witness statements and transcripts from the official inquiry into the disaster, this is the moving and vivid tale of what remains the. 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. Fire in the night official trailer in cinemas june 21st. In the explosion and subsequent fire on the oil platform, 167. She sketched many of the men on piper alpha and wen. Thenintense impinged jet fire under the platform and mcp01 gas risers failed was lead to thethird violent explosion and makes the whole platform engulfed by fire. The platform began production in 1976, first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas production. The documentary features astonishing testimonies from men who found. Emotional testimonies from the survivors of the inferno at piper alpha. They also demonstrated rhe shortcomings of the type of etandby which wa.
On 6 july it will be 25 years since the piper alpha fire, the offshore oil disaster in which 167 men perished. I was 16 in 1988 when the piper alpha disaster happened. Boat that helped to save lives during piper alpha tragedy to. Dont forget to subscribe for more documentaries like this one. Since drilling began in the north sea in the 1970s there have been 300 deaths on britains 123 oil installations, often in accidents caused by bad weather. What caused the giant piper alpha oil rig explosion. Its intended purpose, he said, was to provide security and emergency response services to the piper alpha in the event of a well blowout or fire. A true story of the piper alpha disaster on the north sea books 5 slides kirsty sweeney fire in the night piper alpha.
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