LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Piper Alpha disaster - Previous sabotage attempt

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:01

Description

After the Piper Alpha disaster, owners Occidental say they did not inform the Department of Energy inspectorate of a sabotage attempt on the platform until ten months after it happened. They say they did not consider it serious enough and they are being careful not to use the word sabotage . Spokesperson Alex Blake Milton explains why the inspectorate was not informed. Lisa Hampele reports.

Contributors

Lisa Hampele; Alex Blake Milton

Keywords

Accidents; Crime; Fires; Occupational health and safety; Oil extraction; North Sea; Petroleum industry; Occidental; Piper Alpha (oil platform); Department of Energy

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