Piper Alpha disaster - Occidental compensation

Title

Piper Alpha disaster - Occidental compensation

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

17 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:46

Description

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 compensation deal of 600,000 pounds. Widow Nancy Gill(?) says that money is immaterial and she just wants to get back to normality. Occidental spokesperson Alex Blake Milton says many of the families are yet to make claims. Lynne Mennie reports.

Contributors

Alex Blake Milton; Lynne Mennie; Nancy Gill(?)

Keywords

Deaths; Fires; Compensation; Oil extraction; North Sea; Piper Alpha (oil platform); Occidental Petroleum; Disaster Legal

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