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Piper Alpha : human price of oil? /

Located 120 miles off the Scottish coast, the Piper Alpha oil rig experienced one of the world's deadliest explosions on July 6, 1988. The disaster claimed the lives of 167 people.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Corbin, Jane (Narrator), Furneaux, Charles (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: Sydney, New South Wales : Futuremedia, 2013, ©2010.
Series:Engineering case studies online
Panorama
Subjects:
Drilling platforms > Accidents > North Sea.
Offshore oil industry > Great Britain.
Offshore oil industry > Accidents > North Sea.
Offshore oil well drilling > Accidents > North Sea.
Plateformes de forage > Accidents > Nord, Mer du.
Pétrole offshore > Industrie > Grande-Bretagne.
Pétrole offshore > Industrie > Accidents > Nord, Mer du.
Pétrole > Puits > Forage offshore > Accidents > Nord, Mer du.
Drilling platforms > Accidents.
Offshore oil industry.
Offshore oil industry > Accidents.
Offshore oil well drilling > Accidents.
Atlantic Ocean > North Sea.
Great Britain.
Documentary television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Located 120 miles off the Scottish coast, the Piper Alpha oil rig experienced one of the world's deadliest explosions on July 6, 1988. The disaster claimed the lives of 167 people.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 24, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (42 min.).
Playing Time:00:41:31