Who owned the Piper Alpha platform?
Occidental Petroleum
Piper Alpha was an oil platform located in the North Sea approximately 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Limited and began production in 1976, initially as an oil-only platform but later converted to add gas production.
What caused the giant Piper Alpha oil rig explosion?
What caused Piper Alpha disaster? The primary cause of the accident was ruled to be maintenance work simultaneously carried out on one of the high-pressure condensate pumps and a safety valve, which led to a leak in condensates.
What was the name of the oil rig that blew up?
On April 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations.
How many people survived the Piper Alpha?
61 surviving
How many workers survived the disaster? Of the 226 people on board the platform, 165 were killed with only 61 surviving. There were also another two casulties from one of the rescue vessels.
Where is Donald Vidrine now?
The night supervisor on the Deepwater Horizon died at his home in Louisiana. Donald Vidrine, one of the two BP rig supervisors overseeing the Deepwater Horizon when the rig exploded in April 2010, died Saturday at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 69.
How much money did the Deepwater Horizon survivors get?
This process involves investigating the effects of the spill on natural resources and determining the costs to restore them. Under the final consent decree, BP will pay the trustees up to $8.8 billion, the largest recovery of damages ever for injuries to natural resources, to restore the Gulf.
What happens to oil rigs during hurricanes?
o All offshore platforms are equipped with safety valves that shut-in oil and natural gas in the event of storm damage. These valves lock closed at regular intervals so that oil or gas cannot flow if equipment is broken or separated. Every single safety valve held during the 2005 hurricane season.