On July 6, 1988, 167 men lost their lives on the Piper Alpha oil rig in what remains the world’s worst offshore catastrophe.

Offshore workers are being asked pay their respects and remember the victims who perished in the Piper Alpha explosion, 38 ...

A CEREMONY will be held in Aberdeen on Monday to remember those who died in the Piper Alpha incident 38 years ago. The offshore union RMT will mark the anniversary of the disaster in which 165 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 6, 1988, a record-breaking North Sea oil platform suffered a catastrophic chain reaction during a routine night shift. A ...

On the 38th anniversary of the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster, Jim Whyte, operations manager at North Star, reflects on ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is developing a drama series about the Piper Alpha disaster, one of the most catastrophic offshore oil incidents of all time and the worst in terms of lives lost. The drama comes ...

A service to remember the 167 men who died in the Piper Alpha disaster is to be held in Aberdeen on the 30th anniversary of the tragedy. Families, friends and representatives of the UK oil and gas ...

Stephen McGinty has written an epic account of the Piper Alpha disaster, Fire In The Night. 20 years on, Oil & Gas Middle East examines the impact the catastrophe had on the offshore industry. What ...

Relatives and colleagues of the 167 men who died on 6July 1988 when explosions tore through the Occidental Petroleum-owned platformafter a gas leak joined survivors in an act of remembrance at the ...

A new box-set documentary series set for BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer will examine the 1988 Piper Alpha oil platform disaster off the Scottish coast that left 167 people dead and remains the ...

The names of 167 men who lost their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster 30 years ago will be read aloud at a memorial service next week. July 6 marks three decades since explosions ripped apart the oil ...

On December 22, 1972, a joint venture of four oil companies discovered the deepwater Piper oilfield. After conducting seismic mapping, they confirmed the area—located in the North Sea roughly halfway ...