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CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Remembering Piper Alpha

Process Safety Beacon
July
2013
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This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha offshore oil platform disaster in the North Sea approximately 110 miles (180 km) from Aberdeen, Scotland. On July 6, 1988, a series of catastrophic explosions and fires destroyed the platform. Of the 226 people on the platform at the time of the event, 165 died, along with two emergency responders during a rescue attempt. The platform was totally destroyed
 

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