Death and Oil: A True Story of the Piper Alpha Disaster on the North Sea by Brad Matsen

Death and Oil: A True Story of the Piper Alpha Disaster on the North Sea



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Death and Oil: A True Story of the Piper Alpha Disaster on the North Sea Brad Matsen ebook
Page: 224
Format: pdf
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780307378811


I do not agree with development by oil bonanza, but to take just Britain's case, North sea oil was mainly wasted, whereas Norway has felt no need to join th EU, so redistributive policies play a role. How about the Exxon Valdez or that mother of . There was no explosion; the gas He likened the potential scenario to a gas valve error that led to the massive explosion of an offshore drilling platform called Piper Alpha in the North Sea in 1988, in which 167 workers were killed. The letter comes on the heels of last week's congressional hearings in which executives for the companies involved in the disaster were grilled by separate panels. Sounds damning but does anyone recall the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster or perhaps either the 2005 Texas City Refinery explosion or the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire of the same year. It is the world's worst offshore oil disaster. When the Piper Alpha rig exploded in the North Sea in July, 1988, no fewer than 167 workers died and environmental damage pushed insured losses to £1.7bn. 1989: March 24, Prince William Sound, Alaska: tanker Exxon Valdez hit an undersea reef and spilled 10 million–plus gallons of oil into the water, causing the worst oil spill in U.S. 1988: July 6, North Sea off Scotland: 166 workers killed in explosion and fire on Occidental Petroleum's Piper Alpha rig in North Sea; 64 survivors. The letter noted that BP's What about in 1988 and the Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea, it blow up with the loss of over 100 British lives and resulting oil spillage, the reason for this, gross negligence by the American company and personnel who operated the platform. A backup flare meant to burn off that collection of gas was not lit at the time, and cameras, installed so BP's staff could monitor the flare's functions in real time, were not pointed in the right direction. 10, Saint John's, Newfoundland: Odyssey spilled 43 million gallons of oil.





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