Alexander Kielland oil rig disaster - Phillips Petroleum reaction

Title

Alexander Kielland oil rig disaster - Phillips Petroleum reaction

Genre

Interview

TX Date

28 Mar 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:00:52

Description

Interview with a Phillips Petroleum spokesman (not identified) about the capsizing of the Norwegian Alexander Kielland oil rig in the Ekofisk field (27/03/80) and possible causes. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Deaths; Industrial accidents; Oil extraction; Seaborne disasters; North Sea; Petroleum industry; Phillips Petroleum; Oilfields; Norway; Alexander Kielland; Ekofisk

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