Growing up in Aberdeen, Scotland, the shadow of the Piper Alpha disaster loomed large over our community. The tragic ...

Families of the more than 120 men killed when an oil rig capsized 45 years ago were ... apportioned responsibility in the aftermath of the disaster. Their report, which was co-authored by former ...

The explosion on the Piper Alpha rig had led to an overhaul of British ... said he wanted to express “deep concern” about the oil spill and said there should be a “clear and co-ordinated ...

Aberdeen became the oil capital of Europe and an estimated half a million jobs were created by the industry over the decades. The world's worst offshore disaster was on the Piper Alpha rig in 1988 ...

He has produced many internationally award-winning documentaries. In 1988, Mr Punchard survived the world's worst ever offshore oil rig disaster on board the Piper Alpha in the North Sea, when it ...