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Piper Alpha disaster - Petrie report (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Following the Piper Alpha disaster in which an explosion on a North Sea oil platform killed 167 people, a report from the Department of Energy’s Director of Safety, Jim Petrie, has prompted different...

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Piper Alpha disaster - Previous sabotage attempt (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

After the Piper Alpha disaster, owners Occidental say they did not inform the Department of Energy inspectorate of a sabotage attempt on the platform until ten months after it happened. They say they did...

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Piper Alpha disaster - Occidental compensation (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Following the explosion on the North Sea oil rig, Piper Alpha, which killed 167 men, Occidental Petroleum who own the rig and Disaster Legal who represent many of the families have agreed on an average...

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Piper Alpha raised from sea bed (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

The North Sea oil platform, Piper Alpha, which was sunk following an explosion which killed 167 men, has been raised from the sea bed. Grampian Police Chief Alistair Lynn says that they do not yet know how...

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Piper Alpha disaster report (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

Helen Costello reports for LBC Newstalk Breakfast from Aberdeen on the Lord Cullen report into the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster and its recommendations, and whether Occidental Petroleum should be prosecuted....

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Piper Alpha survivor to be honoured for bravery (1990)

Genre

Interview

Piper Alpha oil production platform disaster survivor Gareth Parry-Davies speaking of his experience of the disaster and how his diving experience helped save 3 men. He will accept Queen Elizabeth’s...

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Roger Lyons on on safety in the offshore oil industry (1989)

Genre

Interview

Interview on poor safety levels in the North Sea oilfields. The MSF union has ten thousand members who work in the offshore oil industry; union leaders say they have uncovered revelations about the Piper...

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First anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster (1989)

Genre

Interview

Furious offshore oil workers are calling for a twenty-four hour strike on the first anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. They say a stoppage on July the sixth would be a reminder to the Government...

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Alpha and Omega [Part 2] (1987)

A recording of Adrian Snell’s contemporary musical with a prophetic message ‘Alpha and Omega’ at the Snape Maltings on 28th March. The recording, together with interviews and general ‘behind the scenes’...

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Fire on North Sea oil platform? (1989)

Genre

Interview

2 clips, possibly about the Piper Alpha oil platform fire of July 1988. Unidentified (Scottish?) male speaker tells of his escape from a fire by jumping; another unidentified (Scottish?) male speaker tells...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio