[Paul]

There is a good show on TV now about the Piper Alpha disaster 25 years.

Having worked off shore it is a good insight to what went on and how it all happened.

 

[CPWest]

Not aloud to watch it! Makes the mrs worry to much

The hse boys put this on offshore on the actual anniversary, quiet moving when sat out there on a compression platform.

Makes you think.

 

[Paul]

I watched this earlier today...Never seen it before.

It shows what a excellent job the rescue services provided and how composed everyone was as it happened.

 

[inactive]

I'll sit down this evening and watch it on BBC iPlayer.

Although I work on offshore wind farms I'm still able to work on rigs and don't want the family panicking lol

 

[Silver]

Poor buggers. If anything good came out of it, at least they made all those changes afterwards and nothing like it has happened since.

 

[CIJ84]

Poor buggers. If anything good came out of it, at least they made all those changes afterwards and nothing like it has happened since.

Nothing on the lines of that many people getting killed but there are still major disasters happening! One of our rigs Deepwater Horizon that killed and pumped out barrels of oil!

I work offshore and believe me, there are still shortcuts taken all the time! You want that $500000 a day your gonna try and make sure you keep it coming in! Lying or bending the truth is a must!

 

[Silver]

Nothing on the lines of that many people getting killed but there are still major disasters happening! One of our rigs Deepwater Horizon that killed and pumped out barrels of oil!

I work offshore and believe me, there are still shortcuts taken all the time! You want that $500000 a day your gonna try and make sure you keep it coming in! Lying or bending the truth is a must!

So those 100 and whatever recommendations that were implemented, are not always implemented? Is that what you're saying? I understand costs have to be adhered to, but taking shortcuts with safety is a bit of a **** take. Can also understand if the mistake happened because measures were not enforced / known about to prevent such disasters, but now you would hope that would be the end of that.

 

[CIJ84]

I agree, the Piper Alfa did change some things but not everything. Something that happens regularly on board these drill ships..... Normalization of Deviation. Where as the first time you do something that is not correct then becomes the normal practice, then this continues to happen until a disaster.
The disaster in the Gulf was more of a time bomb waiting to go off, people not doing their job correctly and yes a lot of the time taking short cuts. BP got slammed for this incident but other parties were in the wrong!