Piper Alpha

[Blanco y Tinto]

34 years passed now. RIP to the 167 souls lost this night 06/07/1988

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

34 years passed now. RIP to the 167 souls lost this night 06/07/1988

A sad day. It was the catalyst for my career in O&G, leak detection and pipeline management

 

[Blanco y Tinto]

A sad day. It was the catalyst for my career in O&G, leak detection and pipeline management

I was on Tharos that night. True unforgettable.

 

[monkeytassle]

One of my most vivid memories was sitting around the phone with Nana and grandad and my mother hunched over the phone trying to speak to the control room on my dad's rig.

All we knew was a rig had gone up in the North Sea.

Said it before but from that day on my dad planned his exit. Was offered a massive contract to go back and said nah. Seen too much shit.

Rip to those who lost their lives.

 

[Unbalanced Views]

A sad day. It was the catalyst for my career in O&G, leak detection and pipeline management

It was the beginning of the end for me, terrible seeing them coming ashore - I packed it all in about 6 trips later iirc

 

[Tattootwin]

Poor fellas. This has always been on my mind everytime i was offshore.

 

[Iballistic George]

34 years passed now. RIP to the 167 souls lost this night 06/07/1988

Pretty sure the sun headline that day was

Freddie Starr are my hamster.

 

[mysticmackem]

I was onshore on my 2/2 rota, when it happened. I went back out to my rig a few days later. It was a very quiet flight out.

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

I was on Tharos that night. True unforgettable.

I'm sure it was. A terrible night,

 

[BILLY BUS PASS]

Spent my working life doing offshore design, always said I’ll never be paid enough to work on a bomb so always refused/ dodged offshore trips.
horrific accident but as a consequence so many safety issues highlighted and implemented rip anyone involved

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

 

[monkeytassle]

I was onshore on my 2/2 rota, when it happened. I went back out to my rig a few days later. It was a very quiet flight out.

Montrose alpha he was on at the time with that massive flare stack. Fair play to the bloke. I could never do what he did.

 

[mysticmackem]

Spent my working life doing offshore design, always said I’ll never be paid enough to work on a bomb so always refused/ dodged offshore trips.
horrific accident but as a consequence so many safety issues highlighted and implemented rip anyone involved

Often we hear the phrase "Lessons will be learned", and take it with a pinch of salt, but this tragedy rocked the industry to its core, changing the design, methods, strategy, and safe working practices, for the benefit of all of us. RIP lads.

 

[gegsongegsonlegs]

Both my dad and grandad were on their 2 off.. ( from the piper)

That was it for them both.

 

[monkeytassle]

Both my dad and grandad were on their 2 off.. ( from the piper)

That was it for them both.

f***ing hell. That's horrible.

My dad's best mate died welding underwater on one of the Brents. He already started questioning the life after that.

 

[Joe Public]

My friends dad died in the disaster, my mate works on the rigs now too, that must have been a hard choice to make.

 

[monkeytassle]

My friends dad died in the disaster, my mate works on the rigs now too, that must have been a hard choice to make.

Same as the mines mate. Good money for work.

 

[Butcher's Coat]

I was offshore that night when the Piper went up.
I was on the BP Forties Bravo, and will never ever forget that night.
RIP to the 167.

 

[Sing in the Roker]

RIP TO THE 167

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

I was offshore that night when the Piper went up.
I was on the BP Forties Bravo, and will never ever forget that night.
RIP to the 167.

I sold the leak detection and predictive modelling software to BP after that. For the entire Forties system.