Piper Alpha
Abstract
The explosion accident that occurred on board the offshore platform Piper Alpha in July 1988, it killed 165 people and cost billions of dollars in property damage. It was caused by a massive fire, which was not the result of an unpredictable accident but caused by accumulation of errors and questionable decisions. The destruction of the platform by an explosion and the subsequent massive oil and gas fire showed that the potential hazards of the offshore industry were greater than had been generally believed by the public and perhaps by the industry itself.
Content Title Page
1.Introduction 1
2.Management Operation 2 2.1 The management and the structure 2.2 The objective of the management
3. Industrial Process 3
4. Cause of accident 4 4.1 Human factor 4.2 Design and Process Factor 4.3 Roots factor
5. The effect of the piper alpha disaster 6 5.1 Health 5.2 Environment and ecology 5.3 Damage/Environment/Health/Compensation cost
6. Improvement and Prevention 7 6.1 Design and Process 6.2 Human resource 6.3 Safety and health
7.Conclusion 9
8. Reference 10
1.Introduction
Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The platform began the oil production in 1976, first oil platform in the world and then later converted to gas production[1]. The piper alpha platform was ran by day shift and night shift worker. Both of the shift was operate the whole platform to continue supply the oil and gas. The platform have several essential personnel, which is OIM (offshore installation manager), (OTL)operations team leader,(OOE) offshore operation engineer,(BCO)ballast control operator (CRO)control room operators [2]. The plant operation of the
The explosion accident that occurred on board the offshore platform Piper Alpha in July 1988, it killed 165 people and cost billions of dollars in property damage. It was caused by a massive fire, which was not the result of an unpredictable accident but caused by accumulation of errors and questionable decisions. The destruction of the platform by an explosion and the subsequent massive oil and gas fire showed that the potential hazards of the offshore industry were greater than had been generally believed by the public and perhaps by the industry itself.
Content Title Page
1.Introduction 1
2.Management Operation 2 2.1 The management and the structure 2.2 The objective of the management
3. Industrial Process 3
4. Cause of accident 4 4.1 Human factor 4.2 Design and Process Factor 4.3 Roots factor
5. The effect of the piper alpha disaster 6 5.1 Health 5.2 Environment and ecology 5.3 Damage/Environment/Health/Compensation cost
6. Improvement and Prevention 7 6.1 Design and Process 6.2 Human resource 6.3 Safety and health
7.Conclusion 9
8. Reference 10
1.Introduction
Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The platform began the oil production in 1976, first oil platform in the world and then later converted to gas production[1]. The piper alpha platform was ran by day shift and night shift worker. Both of the shift was operate the whole platform to continue supply the oil and gas. The platform have several essential personnel, which is OIM (offshore installation manager), (OTL)operations team leader,(OOE) offshore operation engineer,(BCO)ballast control operator (CRO)control room operators [2]. The plant operation of the