On the 6th of July 1988, Piper Alpha was the site of the greatest offshore oil and gas rig disaster in history, impacting 10% of the worlds oil and gas production, and costing £200 million in financial losses. More importantly, 167 lives were lost in a disaster that not only had been predicted, could have been avoided.
In this workshop we will explore how differing priorities, ineffective communication and poor oversight culminated in a horrific incident that was easily avoidable. We are guided through this journey by Dick and Bob, two survivors of the Piper Alpha, who embody not only the human dimension at play in these events, but also the long reaching consequences of that day.