Cover Image

Seconds from disaster. Season 1, episode 10, Explosion in the North Sea /

More than 110 miles off the coast of Scotland, the Piper Alpha oil rig churns out 120,000 barrels of oil per day. But when a lapse in communication led to a gas leak, catastrophe ensued, causing the world's worst offshore disaster.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Darlow Smithson Productions (Producer)
Other Authors: Vaughan, Richard (Narrator), Gold, Dan (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Washington, DC : National Geographic, 2004.
Series:Engineering case studies online (video)
Subjects:
Offshore oil well drilling > Accidents > North Sea.
Drilling platforms > Accidents > North Sea.
Pétrole > Puits > Forage offshore > Accidents > Nord, Mer du.
Plateformes de forage > Accidents > Nord, Mer du.
Drilling platforms > Accidents.
Offshore oil well drilling > Accidents.
Atlantic Ocean > North Sea.
Documentary television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:More than 110 miles off the coast of Scotland, the Piper Alpha oil rig churns out 120,000 barrels of oil per day. But when a lapse in communication led to a gas leak, catastrophe ensued, causing the world's worst offshore disaster.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Jan. 25, 2015).
Physical Description:1 online resource (51 min.).
Playing Time:00:51:28