As an operator who works in oil and gas industry‚ I will present a life incident in one of the oil and gas location called Piper Alpha disaster UK. Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The disaster began with a routine maintenance procedure. On the morning of the 6th of July‚ a certain backup propane condensate pump in the processing area needed to have its pressure safety valve checked. The work could not be completed by 18.00 and
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9. Piper Alpha video review The Piper Alpha’s tragic chain of events occurred because of a number of safety procedures were not met or implemented. The almighty dollar was given preference over the safety of hundreds of lives. We found a number of unsafe situations that could have been avoided if the right Safety management system was in place. These are our findings. 1. The oil rig recently introduced a new gas pipeline in the weeks leading up to the disaster. The rig wasn’t designed to be a gas
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Alpha 1 Alpha Alpha (uppercase Α‚ lowercase α; Greek: Άλφα Álpha) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 1. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Aleph . Letters that arose from Alpha include the Latin A and the Cyrillic letter А. In English the noun alpha is used as a synonym for "beginning"‚ or "first" (in a series)‚ reflecting its Greek roots.[1] Uses Greek In Ancient Greek‚ alpha was pronounced [a] when short and [aː] when long. Where
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Since the creation of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Incorporated 110 years ago‚ Alpha men have had a profound impact on the African American community. Notable Alphas men such as Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Lionel Richie and W.E.B. Dubois have lead significant marches‚ molded African American music and guided a race. As they say‚ Alpha history his African American history. I would to be a part of an organization with such rich history. Today‚ Alpha Men are still the most prominent men in the African
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The Pied Piper is a very familiar and popular children’s folktale. Children all over have heard different versions of this story‚ a stranger who comes to a town to rid them of their infestation of rats. That is really all most people remember of this tale‚ but to actually read the entire story there is a lot more to the story than previously thought. The people of Hemlin are distraught and searching for a solution to rid themselves of horrible rats that have consumed their town. The stranger
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Access to Higher Education and International Foundation Option Psychology KEY STUDY: The Stanford Prison Experiment. A study of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison. This Study‚ led by Philip Zimbardo‚ describes a famous experiment which has been the subject of much discussion and controversy. From this it is intended to examine ethical principles‚ the experiment as a research method and some of the issues involved in observation. AIM AND NATURE OF THE STUDY This study is an excerpt
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at the hands of the Pied Piper. The mystery remains as to what happened to them‚ however‚ the children disappeared because they left to colonize areas east of the town. Around the time of the legend‚ thousands of Germans were migrating from Lower Saxony and Westphalia to the east (Karacs). The children settled in today’s east Germany and Poland‚ as an exodus of Hameln children left during the colonization of eastern nations such as Pomerania and Prussia (“The Pied Piper legend”). While going through
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DIVERSITY FOR TALENT AND COMPETITIVENESS: The SME Business Case for Diversity The information contained in this publication does not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the European Commission. This publication is financed by the European Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (2007-2013). This programme was established to support the implementation of the objectives of the European Union in the employment and social affairs area‚ as set out in the Social Agenda
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requirement that students have to attend class regularly? This issue of making classroom attendance a significant part of students’ overall grades is what author Chris Piper discusses in his article‚ “‘A’ Is for ‘Absent.’” Writing from a student’s perspective‚ a student who himself has been subjected to such attendance policies‚ Piper asserts that this practice is both unfair to students and ultimately detrimental to their overall learning. He outlines the logic professors use to justify attendance
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