Historical Events tagged with "offshore oil"
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Accidents & Tragedies
Piper Alpha Disaster Claims 167 Lives
July 6th, 1988 36 years ago
The Piper Alpha drilling platform, located in the North Sea, experienced a catastrophic series of explosions and fires, leading to the loss of 167 lives among oil workers. The disaster occurred due to a failure in a maintenance operation, which ignited a chain reaction engulfing the platform. This incident remains the worst offshore oil disaster in history in terms of direct fatalities, highlighting critical safety issues in offshore oil extraction.
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