Case Study Piper Alpha

July 6, 1988, Piper Oilfield, North Sea: As shifts changed and the night crew aboard Piper Alpha assumed duties for the evening, one of the platforms two condensate pumps failed. The crew worked to resolve the issue before platform production was affected. But unknown to the night shift, the failure occurred just hours after a critical pressure safety valve had just been removed from the other condensate pump system and was temporarily replaced with a hand-tightened blind flange. As the night crew turned on the alternate condensate pump system, the blind flange failed under the high pressure, resulting in a chain reaction of explosions and failures across Piper Alpha that killed 167 workers in the deadliest offshore oil industry disaster to date.

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

That the company wasn't strung up, for not constructing adequate equipment, to indirectly cause the death of anyone inside the control room.. is gut wrenching to learn.
The chain of unfortunate and accidental events, that contributed to further the disaster. That is tragic

[@nazimahmed3972]

It also reminds me OXY Bangladesh blowout 1997 where I was physically present at our first wellsite.

[@mamindhive]

Thanks for the info. May you please give reasons and root reasons which cause the accident? I would highly appreciate it if spoken in safety terminology and methodology

[@alandalgarno1353]

On June 14, 1997, a destructive gas well blew out at the Magurchara gas field in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar district. I worked at that location prior to the blowout
I was on contaract to Oxy for 2 years, they also had a close shave in Sylhet around 1998 with a gas well

[@Ally.MacMillan]

There is no “e” in Tartan. A production shutdown also does not cause a problem to the “entire power supply” of the platform. Two completely different things.
That makes it sound almost justified not to shut down production.

[@peo9180]

what the f***k you talking of dud....get your ass of to work now...bricklayer and use what you not got....no brain -but a big ass mouth - I bet you imported Indian dud with zero skills....Do you think a platforme is totaly reduntant ...go home to and read on .. I was ther and worked 38 years in offshore and you totaly discrase our work with your xero brain

[@ammadsaeed7598]

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[@bollockjohnson6156]

Hello. I am a lawperson for oil. Permission is NOT granted to do anything with this video. If I catch you doing anything at anytime the consequences will be severe and serious, not to mention expensive and annoying. Good day.

[@ammadsaeed7598]

Didnt asked from you.
Do something productive.

[@bollockjohnson6156]

@@ammadsaeed7598 I'm more productive than your loser ass, begging for permission to use a CZcams video lmao

[@dodgeboy9052]

I am From the Petro-Chemical Industry in Australia Manufacturing Iso-Butanol... N Iso-butanol and Iso-Octanol.. from Synthetic gas 50% Hydrogen/Carbon Monoxide ... Propylene and Heptane.. we had an Incredible Clearance to work System in place BUT it failed on Saturday Morning at Shift change resulting in Hot work being carried out in the wrong Place (Oxy-Cutter) A tank that had a Nitrogen sweep on it was turned of for some reason resulting in Oxygen contamination in the gas space ... BOOM.... 20.000 lts of an organic cocktail went up , tore the Tank off its foundation .. resulting in 5 deaths and many injuries during an Annual shutdown I was driving back from Queensland when i heard it on the radio ... Me !!! I was a Shift Manager for ICI Australia... thanks for reading .... foot note we use to use Piper Alfa in our Safety Training video's...

[@andrevonmuhlen4758]

Good level of detail

[@Uncensored-Updates]

Well explained

[@thoughtprocessaviationserv3895]

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[@engineering_in_motion]

Hello,
Yes. you have our approval to use it.
If possible, please share us your video once it's finished to have a look :)

[@zeak107]

2007 to 2018 there have been 33 oil rigs fires. Sounds like a really bad idea to be drilling in are ocean.

[@johnpeterdean1653]

Engineers do not remove relief valves, technicians do !!

[@BeastMode-ts6eg]

No, they can get on their tools too

[@specofdust1]

What is the music used in this video please?

[@drSJV]

Greed & greed. Turning on machine that's under maintenance? 😮 The other oil platforms heard mayday but didnt shut down and their oil kept on flowing to Piper alpha feeding the flames

[@tracychriss5645]

I guess they didn't have a Lockout/Tagout system in place ?

[@gracemorakinyo5136]

Hmmmmmm,this is quite unfortunate

[@robertleishear1760]

This video has errors that endanger the lives of offshore oil-rig workers. "What Really Happened at the Piper Alpha Oil-Rig Explosions - New Findings - Stop Killing Oil-Rig Workers", by Robert A. Leishear, PhD, PE, ASME Fellow.

[@malachijohn3723]

O.m.g

[@jimbobbob9063]

128 thousand mile pipeline? Bit long

[@engineering_in_motion]

Absolutely! Thank you for spotting the mistake.

[@jimbobbob9063]

@@engineering_in_motion you’re welcome. Most people knew what you mean 😀

[@michaelcox436]

Why is the music so distractingly loud??

[@richardnailhistorical3445]

Audio is horrific, understand NOTHING!