On July 6, 1988, 167 men lost their lives on the Piper Alpha oil rig in what remains the world’s worst offshore catastrophe.

Offshore workers are being asked pay their respects and remember the victims who perished in the Piper Alpha explosion, 38 ...

Oil rig explosion that reshaped offshore safety On July 6, 1988, the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea became the site of one of the deadliest offshore disasters in history.