The oil industry’s worst nightmare came true on July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, leaving most workers trapped in an inferno at sea. This disaster led to ...

UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a docuseries about the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster off the Scottish coast in the 1980s ...

On the night of 6 July 1988, 120 miles off the coast of Aberdeen, a devastating series of explosions ripped through Piper Alpha, one of the North Sea’s flagship oil platforms. By the time dawn broke, ...

THE Piper Alpha blaze remains to this day the world’s deadliest offshore disaster. The North Sea oil platform was engulfed by a fireball 120 miles off the coast of Aberdeen 37 years ago. The ...

A powerful story of the rush for North Sea ‘black gold’, safety failures and a community devastated by loss… The Untold Story ...

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 ...

Piper Alpha Disaster. Posted: May 12, 2025 | Last updated: May 12, 2025. The Royal Air Force rescue team gazed at the hellish spectacle in front of them.