Piper Alpha: Human Price of Oil

In July 1988, a catastrophic explosion and fire occurred on the Piper Alpha North Sea Oil platform claimed 167 lives.  This is a risk analysis of the catastrophe.

This is one of the 12 DVDs in the acclaimed BBC series now available in a totally new format with expert training support material.
 
This DVD, produced soon after the incident looks at various factors that contributed to the disaster. 229 people were on board and 165 were killed plus two rescuers, totaling 167 fatalities.  The rig itself was so badly damaged it had to be demolished with a legacy of toxic debris left in the sea bed (still toxic in 2010).  The company (Occidental) had to leave the North Sea oilfields. 1990's cost of the disaster is estimated at around 1.7 billion pounds sterling (about 3.4 billion US dollars).
 
 
Eye witness accounts of the 35 survivors were fed to a Risk Analyst consultant to obtain likely causes.  Theories included the lack of securing risk advice in the commissioning of the rigs.  The differing designs of the Norwegian platforms show higher levels of safety.
 
Location - North Sea
 
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Training package includes:

Each easy to understand workshop in the series can be run by facilitators even with minimal experience in presenting training courses.  In addition, tips and guidelines are included to help facilitators with every aspect of the workshop. 
 
  • DVD - duration 40 minutes
  • Facilitator's Guide including Facilitator's Checklist
  • Facilitator's Slide Guide
  • Participant's Handouts
  • PowerPoint Presentation
The workshops for each DVD allows for a highly interactive learning environment in which participants undertake detailed Pre-event and Post-event analysis of each disaster.  This means they not only listen, but apply the lessons learned, in order to formulate solutions specific to their own workplace: they not only learn what went wrong, but how it could have been avoided.
 

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BBC Disaster Series
The 12 part BBC Disaster Series examines case studies of major disasters from around the world from various industries such as oil and gas, transport, aviation, aeronautics, chemical manufacturing and hospitality.  Read more
 

Pricing

Each. UK: £395 plus VAT. Australia: $595 plus GST. Other countries: no tax 
     
Series of 12. UK:  £2690 plus VAT. Australia $4275 Plus GST. Other countries no tax
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