On July 6, 1988, the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea became the site of one of the deadliest offshore disasters in history. A maintenance error triggered a gas leak that quickly ignited into ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. At 14,000 tons and 2.5 times the height of the Statue of Liberty, the Piper Alpha oil rig was one of the largest in the world. But on July 6, 1988 ...