Ocean Ranger
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Ocean Ranger was a semi-submersible mobile oil platform that sank in Canadian waters on 15 February 1982. It was drilling an exploration well on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, 267 kilometres east of
Ocean Ranger drilling in the Cook Inlet
Piper Alpha
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Piper Alpha was an oil platform located in the North Sea about 120 miles north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was operated by Occidental Petroleum and began production in December 1976, initially as a
Ocean Ranger
…Deepwater Horizon explosion Piper Alpha The Report of the Royal Commission (Canada) on the Ocean Ranger Marine Disaster (Report). Ottawa: Canadian Government Publishing Centre. 1984. OCLC…
Piper Alpha on fire shortly after the failure of the Tartan gas riser
A fast rescue craft
An RAF search-and-rescue Westland WS-61 Sea King helicopter
Lord Cullen in 2015