Piper Alpha

The system was developed after a 1988 disaster in which a natural gas production platform called Piper Alpha blew up and sank off the Scottish coast, killing 167 men.

latimes.com - News 2010

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.

Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2010

The system was developed after a 1988 disaster in which a natural gas production platform called Piper Alpha blew up and sank off the Scottish coast, killing 167 men.

latimes.com - News 2010

Petroleum Safety Authority, following the lead of Britain, which severed these functions after a 1988 oil rig explosion in the North Sea, known as the Piper Alpha incident, that killed 167 people.

NYT > Home Page JOHN M. BRODER 2010

Using America's own 'Bhopal/Valdez' method and adjusting the ultimate figure with the lesser known 'Piper Alpha' algorithm, I'd worked out that BP needed to put around $2. 2billion towards the clean up and pay $385,000 in compensation.

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The register includes all leaks voluntarily declared by operators to the Health and Safety Executive, as part of security measures set up in response to the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988, which killed 167 workers.

Oil spills by North Sea rigs: which is the worst? 2011

The lessons of Piper Alpha led to a dramatic improvement in the regulatory system in the UK and more generally in Europe.

EU crackdown on oil firms will not extend to overseas operations 2011

According to Lloyd's of London insurer Catlin, the 20 April explosion, which triggered an undersea well leak, will be the biggest loss in the energy market since the explosion of the Piper Alpha platform in 1988.

Insurers warn of price hikes as Deepwater Horizon losses head for $3.5bn 2010

It mentioned loss of life or hydrocarbon releases with the Maersk Explorer rig in 1977, the Ecofisk Bravo platform in the same year, the Ocean Odyssey semi-submersible in 1988 and the Piper Alpha platform disaster when 167 workers were killed and 670,000 tonnes of oil were spilled into the North Sea.

UK winning fight to soften international scrutiny of offshore drilling 2010

Bartlit, appointed by Barak Obama, had led the investigation into the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster in the North Sea, when 167 workers died.

BP had little defence against a disaster, federal investigation says Suzanne Goldenberg 2010