Abstract The explosion accident that occurred on board the offshore platform Piper Alpha in July 1988‚ it killed 165 people and cost billions of dollars in property damage. It was caused by a massive fire‚ which was not the result of an unpredictable accident but caused by accumulation of errors and questionable decisions. The destruction of the platform by an explosion and the subsequent massive oil and gas fire showed that the potential hazards of the offshore industry were greater than had been
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Piper Alpha Disaster Subject : Engineering Application of Information Technology (EAT 106) Name : Ravin Raj A/L Vijaya Kamaraj Course : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Student ID : SCM-013090 Lecture : Cik Anis ------------------------------------------------- Abstract The case study was done on the Piper Alpha disasters which happened in 1988. First the management and the operation process is analysed and studied hence to the structure. Secondly the cause of accident
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Information on the accident Piper Alpha accident happened in the 6th of July in 1988. In this accident 167 men died including 165 out of 226 workers of the platform and 2 members of the rescue crew. The series of explosions that started at 10.00 pm destroyed the platform in less than one and a half hour. It happened on the production deck which consisted of four modules. Module A - oil is piped up from the sea Module B – Process oil and gas Module C - Process oil and gas Module D – Power
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Alpha Piper Disaster Introduction The accident‚ which occurred on board of the seaward platform Piper Alpha in July 1988‚ took lives of 167 people and cost billions of dollars damage of property. The Piper Alpha is placed in the North Sea‚ around 193 km northeast of Aberdeen. The field was discovered in January 1973 and the same year construction of platform took place. The depth of it was up to 140 m‚ and at the time the development and installation of the Piper Alpha platform give tongue to
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Abstract Piper Alpha was operated by Occidental Petroleum. The platform began its production in 1976‚ first as an oil production and then later converted to oil and gas production. In the night of July 6th 1988‚ the platform was engulfed in a catastrophic fire‚ which caused the death of 167 men and cost billions of dollars in property damage. There are only 61 survivors who saved their lives by jump off the platform in to the sea. At the time of the disaster‚ the Piper Alpha disaster was the worst
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Piper Alpha: Lessons Learnt‚ 2008 Piper Alpha was a large North Sea oil platform that started production in 1976. It produced oil from 24 wells and in its early life it had also produced gas from two wells. It was connected by an oil pipeline to Flotta and by gas pipelines to two other installations. In 1988‚ Piper Alpha was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd ("OpCal")‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. On 6 July 1988‚ there was a massive leakage of gas
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Abstract: The accident that happened aboard the offshore platform Piper Alpha in This summer 1988 wiped out 167 people and price vast amounts of dollars in damage to property. It had been triggered with a massive fire that was not caused by an unpredictable “act of God” but of an amount of errors and questionable choices. Many of them were rooted within the organization‚ its structure‚ methods‚ and culture. These business factors are generalizable with other industries and engineering systems.
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The case study that will be investigated is the Alpha Piper Platform disaster. In today’s competitive world‚ companies need safe and dependable workplaces for the wellbeing of employees‚ people in the community and the environment. A risk assessment must be carried out to keep everyone in the workplace safe and healthy. Risk assessment is used to document‚ identify and reduce hazards in the workplace. BACKGROUND - PIPER APHA PLATFORM The piper alpha platform disaster took place in 1988‚ where the
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PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT The Piper Alpha Platform‚ North Sea‚ 6th July 1988 SUMMARY OF THE NEED To ensure proper handing-over procedures among Operators and Technicians in an oil and gas production firm in Trinidad and Tobago by analyzing how poor handover played a part in the Piper Alpha Tragedy. Based on the above analysis‚ proposals are to be made to the contracting firm’s management team to make their operations safe. THE PIPER ALPHA TRAGEDY Piper Alpha was a large fixed Structure
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As an operator who works in oil and gas industry‚ I will present a life incident in one of the oil and gas location called Piper Alpha disaster UK. Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The disaster began with a routine maintenance procedure. On the morning of the 6th of July‚ a certain backup propane condensate pump in the processing area needed to have its pressure safety valve checked. The work could not be completed by 18.00 and
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