EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is developing a drama series about the Piper Alpha disaster, one of the most catastrophic offshore oil incidents of all time and the worst in terms of lives lost. The drama comes ...

THE first thing Ed Punchard knew about the explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig was when the roof of his “bomb proof” office collapsed on his head. The diver, who’d already come close to one terrible ...

In July 1988, the North Sea oil platform ignited. As it melted around him, Joe Meanen knew there was only one possible, but highly perilous, way out for him Joe Meanen estimates it took him about six ...

A service to remember the 167 men who died in the Piper Alpha disaster is to be held in Aberdeen on the 30th anniversary of the tragedy. Families, friends and representatives of the UK oil and gas ...

A new box-set documentary series set for BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer will examine the 1988 Piper Alpha oil platform disaster off the Scottish coast that left 167 people dead and remains the ...

A memorial to the Piper Alpha disaster has been given protected status following controversial plans to redesign the garden that surrounds it. A total of 167 men died when the platform exploded in ...

Last month, a rededication ceremony and remembrance service marking the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster was held in the newly restored memorial garden in Aberdeen's Hazlehead Park.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo A new BBC documentary series is set to tell the full story of the Piper Alpha disaster and ...

LONDON (AFP) – Safety has vastly improved on North Sea oil and gas platforms since the deadly explosion on the Piper Alpha rig 25 years ago, but experts warn there is no room for complacency. The ...

A service will be held in Aberdeen on July 6 in memory of the 167 men who died in the offshore disaster. The names of 167 men who lost their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster 30 years ago will be read ...

A rededication ceremony and remembrance service was held at the Memorial Garden in Aberdeen's Hazlehead Park on Saturday morning. A Sea King helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth opened the service by ...

The horrific tragedy could happen again, warns the son of one of the 167 killed THE first thing Ed Punchard knew about the explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig was when the roof of his “bomb proof” ...