Alexander Kielland oil rig disaster

Title

Alexander Kielland oil rig disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

28 Mar 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:00:20

Description

Excerpt of interview with a Phillips Petroleum spokesman (not identified) on need for safety checks on equipment following the capsizing of the Norwegian Alexander Kielland oil rig in the Ekofisk field in the North Sea (27/03/80). Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

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

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