Piper Alpha Disaster
Piper Alpha Disaster
Subject : Engineering Application of Information Technology (EAT 106)
Name : Ravin Raj A/L Vijaya Kamaraj
Course : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical
Student ID : SCM-013090
Lecture : Cik Anis
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Abstract
The case study was done on the Piper Alpha disasters which happened in 1988.
First the management and the operation process is analysed and studied hence to the structure. Secondly the cause of accident examined and researched to have a detailed pictured how did the disaster happen and the consequences lead by it. Followed by steps and improvement which is done after the incident to prevent such disaster to happen again. The case study is concluded with the safety precautions should be installed and practised in the platform.
Introduction This is a case study about the Piper Alpha disaster, on the management operations and structures, the objective of the management, the industrial process of the platform, the causes of the accident together with the consequences of the accident and case study on the improvement and the prevention of such disaster again. Piper alpha was a sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. [1] The platform began production in 1976,[2]first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas production. An explosion and resulting fire destroyed it on 6 July 1988, this catastrophic event killed in total of 167 men, [3] with only 61 survivors. The death toll includes two crewmen of a rescue vessel who tried to save the victims of the fire. [4] Total insured loss was about £1.7 billion (US$3.4 billion). The moment of the disaster the platform was accounted for nearly ten percent of oil and gas production, and was the worst offshore oil disaster in terms of lives lost and industry impact. [5] Some evidence says the new gas pipeline was built in the weeks before the 6 July explosion, and while this work
Subject : Engineering Application of Information Technology (EAT 106)
Name : Ravin Raj A/L Vijaya Kamaraj
Course : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical
Student ID : SCM-013090
Lecture : Cik Anis
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Abstract
The case study was done on the Piper Alpha disasters which happened in 1988.
First the management and the operation process is analysed and studied hence to the structure. Secondly the cause of accident examined and researched to have a detailed pictured how did the disaster happen and the consequences lead by it. Followed by steps and improvement which is done after the incident to prevent such disaster to happen again. The case study is concluded with the safety precautions should be installed and practised in the platform.
Introduction This is a case study about the Piper Alpha disaster, on the management operations and structures, the objective of the management, the industrial process of the platform, the causes of the accident together with the consequences of the accident and case study on the improvement and the prevention of such disaster again. Piper alpha was a sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. [1] The platform began production in 1976,[2]first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas production. An explosion and resulting fire destroyed it on 6 July 1988, this catastrophic event killed in total of 167 men, [3] with only 61 survivors. The death toll includes two crewmen of a rescue vessel who tried to save the victims of the fire. [4] Total insured loss was about £1.7 billion (US$3.4 billion). The moment of the disaster the platform was accounted for nearly ten percent of oil and gas production, and was the worst offshore oil disaster in terms of lives lost and industry impact. [5] Some evidence says the new gas pipeline was built in the weeks before the 6 July explosion, and while this work