The oil rig (piper alpha) is infrastucture that's currently resting at the bottom of the sea,will make exceptional structure that will help the ecosystem to form an coral reef, and will become the most outstading thing on the sea.This will make up for the oil spill that currently drifting on the surface of the water killing of the small creatures that succomb to it's harzards.
Unfortunately whenever a tradgedy like this happens, the majority of people seem to focus on the enviornmental stuff and do not consider the 165 who died doing a job that produces something that is used by each and every one of us. I just want to say to all my friends in the drilling business, please be safe out there, and I appreciate the job you do.
Tragic. It's an incredible chain of events. 30 bodies were never recovered. The part of the platform which contained the galley where about 100 victims had taken refuge was recovered in late 1988 from the sea bed, and the bodies of 87 men were found inside. An audible high pressure gas leak was initially reported...I'm a gas engineer, and I know how loud a high pressure leak is...you can hear it from hundreds of meters away, screaming. It must have been terrifying. From start to finish.
The Ninian Central Platform cracked during construction. Howard Doris ordered a cover-up. Some of the Kishorn Commandos know this is true. I saw photographs of the cracks in 1979. I didn't understand what I was looking at until last year.
Instead of de-commissioning this flawed concrete monster it's being pushed until......... what? Another preventable disaster?
RIP what a bad way to go:/ i was set on fire and dam it fukin hurts. Seeing this is horrible but still doesnt stop me pursuing my dreams to work on a rig:)
@numanath94 I think this was the stand-by vessel Sandhaven which had just sent a fast rescue boat to pick up survivors from the water, it had 2 crew on board and had just rescued 6 survivors when the pipeline burst. All on board the rescue boat were killed. R.I.P.
@numanath94 If you meant the oil rig type vessel then that was called The Tharos, it's a large semi submersible fire fighting, rescue and accommodation vessel. By chance it was very close by when this terrible event happened.
@comatose100 Those people onboard Tharos and all the other rescue craft did everything they could to help, but Piper was a lost cause once the pipeline burst. Thank God 59 survived but we must never forget the 165 from the platform that died and 2 crew of the Sandhaven. This was an awful event that could have been avoided. Lessons were learnt the hard way.
@akablenk71 The Tharos is actually now named the Transocean Marianas... An interesting fact is that it was drilling the Macondo well right before Deepwater Horizon took over, and subsequently blew out....
@wulli1988 It was removed and replaced by a temporary blank flange, unfortunatly, because the operater did not follow the corrent proceedings with the Permit to Work, the crew on the next shift did not know about it and carried on with the operation. Lessons are always learnt the hard way. Health and Safety has become paramount every since the terrible accident. RIP.
correct my friend thats why whenever i go to work out on site the permit to work is given to you signaling that the area you are working on is isolated and you lock the permit in a box with a padlock on it so only you can get it and give it back to the operator to re-initialise the area you have been working on
much safer now but there will always be accidents where human error is involved thats why they are called accidents
@akablenk71 the tharos couldn't use its water cannon because they knew if there was anyone still onboard the sheer volume of the water would kill them
2 men were held responsible for commencing the immediate chain of events that lead to the disaster. The lead process operator Robert Vernon who intitiated the removal of the tags from the pump which was out of service for maintenance and the valve fitter who removed the safety valve Terrence Sutton and who supposedly either did not put a blanking plate over the hole in the pipe or did not tighten the plate bolts properly, only hand tight. We'll never know for sure as they both died that night
@shefwedlad94uk That's quite true, that was the main contributing factor, the flawed PTW. I also don't agree with blaming the valve fitter as he was told to finish the job the next day and how was he to know that the isolated pump was going to be brought back into service? Rig management should have known better than to not have the valve job completed that shift incase a backup was required. The PO did though break the golden rule that you never de isolate equipment until you walk the job first
@Abreen11 Very true pal, But from this disaster came the changes that are everywhere in industry in the present day making it safer. Just a shame that so many people had to die for it though
@shefwedlad94uk That's very true, it's a real tragedy that all those deaths occured. Many of the survivors were never the same either after what they went through.
this could have been avoided...now they cannot bring back the LIVes of the people died in this explotion..and the environmental damages it has brought...GOD heLP Us!
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It's ok, I'm sure you're glad to know that the company running the rig is still around and making exorbitant amounts of money from all the production they do. Until we start harvesting helium 3 from the surface of the moon it looks like oil is what we are stuck with.
@Runiteguitar Ridiculous. What do you think powers the computer you typed that message on? Or the car that you/your parents drive? Or the factories that make the clothes that keep you warm? By your logic you too should be burned to death.
R.I.P dave "hindu" henderson ;( my stepdad xxx
philhindu29 6 days ago
This music is in the Drive movie
brelamich 1 week ago
I knew one of the victims of this disaster,Kevin Gilligan,he used to run a paper shop near me with his brother. RIP mate.
BlueTrueScouse 4 weeks ago
The oil rig (piper alpha) is infrastucture that's currently resting at the bottom of the sea,will make exceptional structure that will help the ecosystem to form an coral reef, and will become the most outstading thing on the sea.This will make up for the oil spill that currently drifting on the surface of the water killing of the small creatures that succomb to it's harzards.
FernandezJPaul 1 month ago
Unfortunately whenever a tradgedy like this happens, the majority of people seem to focus on the enviornmental stuff and do not consider the 165 who died doing a job that produces something that is used by each and every one of us. I just want to say to all my friends in the drilling business, please be safe out there, and I appreciate the job you do.
peterbiltroy 2 months ago
167 people died in this accident . . .
RIP
killthegun01 2 months ago
@killthegun01 167 people fries in this accident . . .
brelamich 1 week ago
my uncle was on that oil rig. he was right above the explosion but unfortuantly ive never met him but R.I.P. uncle john. xx
lucky706558 3 months ago
If we can all get away from oil we can skip all of these terrible accidents.
LordHannigan 4 months ago
@LordHannigan It was a gas explosion which triggered the catastrophe
middlj14 3 months ago
The way the rig was designed just screamed "failure failure blow up blow up"
TheMythfox 5 months ago
Tragic. It's an incredible chain of events. 30 bodies were never recovered. The part of the platform which contained the galley where about 100 victims had taken refuge was recovered in late 1988 from the sea bed, and the bodies of 87 men were found inside. An audible high pressure gas leak was initially reported...I'm a gas engineer, and I know how loud a high pressure leak is...you can hear it from hundreds of meters away, screaming. It must have been terrifying. From start to finish.
Letspreach 6 months ago
R.I.P 167 people :`(
killthemaster100 7 months ago
The Ninian Central Platform cracked during construction. Howard Doris ordered a cover-up. Some of the Kishorn Commandos know this is true. I saw photographs of the cracks in 1979. I didn't understand what I was looking at until last year.
Instead of de-commissioning this flawed concrete monster it's being pushed until......... what? Another preventable disaster?
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Nightslasher 7 months ago
i want the complet vidio
fahad1234554321 10 months ago
One of my earliest memories was watching this on the TV.
segano1 1 year ago
may they all rest in peace
"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal."
wulli1988 1 year ago 4
RIP what a bad way to go:/ i was set on fire and dam it fukin hurts. Seeing this is horrible but still doesnt stop me pursuing my dreams to work on a rig:)
Lev1H 1 year ago
@paddytheduck So true!
jacksonmfmd 1 year ago
what is the vessel next to the rig ? 37 sec ?
numanath94 1 year ago
@numanath94 I think this was the stand-by vessel Sandhaven which had just sent a fast rescue boat to pick up survivors from the water, it had 2 crew on board and had just rescued 6 survivors when the pipeline burst. All on board the rescue boat were killed. R.I.P.
akablenk71 1 year ago 2
@akablenk71 yep the high pressure main gas line ruptured and unleashed a 150 m fireball which killed them
wulli1988 1 year ago
@akablenk71 they were not all killed on Sandhavens FRC, the Coxwain survived and later went on to teach...I've met him.
parmo4life 3 months ago
@parmo4life Thanks for the info
akablenk71 3 months ago
@numanath94 If you meant the oil rig type vessel then that was called The Tharos, it's a large semi submersible fire fighting, rescue and accommodation vessel. By chance it was very close by when this terrible event happened.
akablenk71 1 year ago
@akablenk71
My Dad was on the Tharos at the time
comatose100 1 year ago
@comatose100 Those people onboard Tharos and all the other rescue craft did everything they could to help, but Piper was a lost cause once the pipeline burst. Thank God 59 survived but we must never forget the 165 from the platform that died and 2 crew of the Sandhaven. This was an awful event that could have been avoided. Lessons were learnt the hard way.
akablenk71 1 year ago 2
@akablenk71 The Tharos is actually now named the Transocean Marianas... An interesting fact is that it was drilling the Macondo well right before Deepwater Horizon took over, and subsequently blew out....
Historymaker2001 1 year ago
@akablenk71 yeah the official report said that the safety valve was removed from pump A
wulli1988 1 year ago
@wulli1988 It was removed and replaced by a temporary blank flange, unfortunatly, because the operater did not follow the corrent proceedings with the Permit to Work, the crew on the next shift did not know about it and carried on with the operation. Lessons are always learnt the hard way. Health and Safety has become paramount every since the terrible accident. RIP.
VanillaIce0 10 months ago
@VanillaIce0
correct my friend thats why whenever i go to work out on site the permit to work is given to you signaling that the area you are working on is isolated and you lock the permit in a box with a padlock on it so only you can get it and give it back to the operator to re-initialise the area you have been working on
much safer now but there will always be accidents where human error is involved thats why they are called accidents
wulli1988 10 months ago
@akablenk71 165? I thought it was 167.
segano1 1 month ago
@akablenk71 the tharos couldn't use its water cannon because they knew if there was anyone still onboard the sheer volume of the water would kill them
wulli1988 1 year ago
@akablenk71 please get a clear diagram showing the control room in the top of production modules. thnx a lot
moh109moh 3 months ago
@numanath94 Looks to me more like a supply vessel. There was one survivor from the FRC explosion, Ian Letham. He was awarded the George Medal.
unclemouldy1 4 months ago
whats the music playing here?
mbucd 1 year ago
@mbucd. Track is by Brian Eno - An Ending(Ascent)
akablenk71 1 year ago
@akablenk71
thanks
mbucd 1 year ago
RIP :(
Stoptapingme 1 year ago
2 men were held responsible for commencing the immediate chain of events that lead to the disaster. The lead process operator Robert Vernon who intitiated the removal of the tags from the pump which was out of service for maintenance and the valve fitter who removed the safety valve Terrence Sutton and who supposedly either did not put a blanking plate over the hole in the pipe or did not tighten the plate bolts properly, only hand tight. We'll never know for sure as they both died that night
Abreen11 1 year ago
@Abreen11 Gotta remeber that it was also down too the flawed Work Permit System aswell mate
shefwedlad94uk 1 year ago
@shefwedlad94uk That's quite true, that was the main contributing factor, the flawed PTW. I also don't agree with blaming the valve fitter as he was told to finish the job the next day and how was he to know that the isolated pump was going to be brought back into service? Rig management should have known better than to not have the valve job completed that shift incase a backup was required. The PO did though break the golden rule that you never de isolate equipment until you walk the job first
Abreen11 1 year ago
@Abreen11 Very true pal, But from this disaster came the changes that are everywhere in industry in the present day making it safer. Just a shame that so many people had to die for it though
shefwedlad94uk 1 year ago
@shefwedlad94uk That's very true, it's a real tragedy that all those deaths occured. Many of the survivors were never the same either after what they went through.
Abreen11 1 year ago
If we leaned from our mistakes the gulf of mexico would be fine today.
rsfrj 1 year ago
@rsfrj Very different accident, but the sentiment is true and valid
TheJerryludlow 1 year ago
they 'only' found 4 burn victims, rest died by initial condensate blast and jumping in the water. still creepy after all these years
Timoooh 1 year ago
dam .... no escape :S i biuld oil platforms many times they ask me to go offshore i never acept i have afraid of this happen :S
well just to say RIP all the man inside :(
TyperSK 1 year ago
this could have been avoided...now they cannot bring back the LIVes of the people died in this explotion..and the environmental damages it has brought...GOD heLP Us!
Einnaf82 1 year ago
whats crazy is how people where burning in that infurno its sad know that
lightningstrike555 1 year ago
Fan-fucking-tastic.
What have we done now...
colin4393 1 year ago
my thoughts still go to the familys and people left behind .and those who lost their lifes murderd by occidental .
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austinartwar 1 year ago
They are in a much better place than that fire right there. Probably somewhere in cremated remains land.
harlemrebersance 1 year ago 2
R.I.P I hope they are in a better place now
MasonKulit123 1 year ago 2
rip.. Peace to the world.. God bless us.
limboyz84 1 year ago
rip.. Peace to the world.. God bless us.
limboyz84 1 year ago
We need to free ourselves from dependence of oil.
curingaging00 1 year ago
RIP to those 11 people who died in the fire
BananaWatcher10 1 year ago
@BananaWatcher10 not 11, 167 this isnt the one that happend this year
Sushitheone 1 year ago
@BananaWatcher10 agreed arse holes ran the Rig.
michaelwright999 1 year ago
Do you see the shit that comes from this big oil bisuness? War, and Explosion...
R.I.P
Come1And1Get1Me 1 year ago 2
Rip
btownmxer 1 year ago
The sad thing about this is we don't oil. They just wount give us free energy. Its called greed and the NWO.
MrAnonymous2012 1 year ago
hate to say it, but that's what you get for drilling oil. I feel bad for the people on it, but i'm glad the company suffered from this event.
Runiteguitar 1 year ago
@Runiteguitar
You are a POS.
ultros4 1 year ago
It's ok, I'm sure you're glad to know that the company running the rig is still around and making exorbitant amounts of money from all the production they do. Until we start harvesting helium 3 from the surface of the moon it looks like oil is what we are stuck with.
VuickB6 1 year ago
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Curufin42 1 year ago
@Runiteguitar and what, your car runs on hopes and dreams? dont be a hypocrite you fucker. by the way pay some respect for the dead.
caswell01 1 year ago
@Runiteguitar Ridiculous. What do you think powers the computer you typed that message on? Or the car that you/your parents drive? Or the factories that make the clothes that keep you warm? By your logic you too should be burned to death.
odkfn 1 year ago
God rest their souls in Heaven
tpmbe 2 years ago 38
@tpmbe Amin
Bimmer90fn630 3 months ago
rip
dnmillar 2 years ago 25
guys ,SOS help please , i need a clear diagram about piper alpha showing the control room in the top of the production modules AND THANX A LOT
moh109moh 3 months ago
SOS , I need a clear diagram showing the control room in the top of production modules , thank all you
moh109moh 3 months ago