In July 1988, a fire breaks out on a vast oil rig in the North Sea, trapping Joe Meanen.

Flames and smoke still leap from the oil platform Piper Alpha off northeast Scotland, Thursday, July 7, 1988, after the rig ...

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 ...

Families of the men killed in the world’s worst oil rig disaster have branded plans to make a television drama out of the tragedy ‘an invasion of our deepest wounds’. In all, 167 men died ...

JULY 6 marks the 35th anniversary of the tragic Piper Alpha incident, a stark reminder of the devastating consequences that can result from inadequate safety measures. As we remember that day ...