Alexander Kielland oil rig disaster

Title

Alexander Kielland oil rig disaster

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

30 Mar 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:04:51

Description

Steve Wood reports on the capsizing of the Norwegian Alexander Kielland oil rig in the Ekofisk field in the North Sea. Includes details of the disaster, and of past accidents. Also archive interview with Red Adair, American oil well disaster expert and firefighter.

Contributors

Steve Wood; Red Adair

Keywords

Deaths; Industrial accidents; Occupational health and safety; Oil extraction; Seaborne disasters; North Sea; Petroleum industry; Oilfields; Norway; Alexander Kielland; Ekofisk

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