infrastruktura: Piper Alpha

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Piper Alpha was an oil platform located in the North Sea about 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was operated by Occidental Petroleum and began production in December 1976, initially as an oil-only platform, but later converted to add gas production. Piper Alpha exploded and collapsed under the effect of sustained gas jet fires in the night between 6 and 7 July 1988, killing 165 of the men on board (30 of whose bodies were never recovered), as well as a further two rescuers. Sixty-one workers escaped and survived. The total insured loss was about £1.7 billion (equivalent to £4.6 billion in 2024), making it one of the costliest man-made catastrophes ever. At the time of…

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An oil platform, also called an oil rig, offshore platform, or oil production platform, is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed. Many oil platforms will also have facilities to accommodate the workers, although it is also common to have a separate accommodation platform linked by bridge to the production platform. Most commonly, oil platforms engage in activities on the continental shelf, though they can also be used in lakes, inshore waters, and inland seas. Depending on the circumstances, the platform may be fixed to the ocean floor, consist of an artificial island, or float. In some arrangements…

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Saudi Aramco (Arabic: أرامكو السعودية ʾArāmkū as-Suʿūdiyyah), officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is a majority state-owned petroleum and natural gas company, and the national oil company of Saudi Arabia. As of 2024, it is the fourth-largest company in the world by revenue and is headquartered in Dhahran. Saudi Aramco has both the world's largest proven crude oil reserves, at more than 270 billion barrels (43 billion cubic metres), and largest daily oil production of all oil-producing companies. Saudi Aramco operates the world's largest single hydrocarbon network, the Master Gas System. In 2024, its oil production total was 12.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, and it manage…

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The U.K. Offshore Operators' Response to the Piper Alpha Disaster. Summary This paper describes the U.K. government's inquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster and examines one organization's response to recommendations from that inquiry. Introduction Immediately after the July 1988 Piper Alpha disaster, U.K. offshore operating companies reviewed their "software" procedures, such as permits to work, and initiated "hardware" changes based on lessons learned from the disaster. These included provision for and siting of emergency shutdown valves, subsea isolation systems, prevention of smoke ingress to accommodations, provision for better marking and screening of emergency walkways, and improved f…

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Ecuador v Occidental Petroleum and Production Co

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Ecuador v Occidental Petroleum and Production Co

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Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Occidental Exploration and Production Company v. The Republic of Ecuador 5 October 2012

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Occidental Petroleum Corporation & Occidental Exploration and Production Company v. Republic of Ecuador