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...f Whitekirk|Lord Cullen]] has conducted inquiries into three major British disasters, all of which are known as the '''Cullen Inquiry''': *The [[Piper Alpha]] oil platform disaster, 6 July 1988. ...

| site = 6 miles southwest of the [[Brae oilfield|Brae Alpha oil rig]] in the [[North Sea]]<ref>[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/157620 | destination = Brae Alpha oil rig, [[Brae oilfield]], [[North Sea]] ...

| cause = Oil rig ([[derrick]]) collision. ...wo cabins plunged {{convert|55|m}} into the sea, killing seven people. The oil rig was being towed away from [[Keppel Harbour|Keppel Wharf]] when it becam ...

{{short description|American oil well firefighter}} | title = Red Adair, Famed for Taming Oil Well Fires, Dies at 89 ...

* be used as inboard tanks to carry oil, ballast water or fresh water (ventilated by a [[Gooseneck (piping)|goosene * help prevent pollution in case of liquid cargo (like oil in tankers) ...

...J. Roth. Paying the price the status and role of insurance against natural disasters in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 1998. Print.</r * Offshore [[oil platform]]s (except for the production and housing facilities) ...

{{Short description|Norwegian North Sea oil field}} {{Infobox oil field ...

...e]] [[drilling rig]] that, on 27 March 1980, [[capsized]] in the [[Ekofisk oil field]] in the [[North Sea]], killing 123 people. The capsize was the worst ...1980, the platform was providing offshore accommodation for the production platform ''Edda'' 2/7C.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander L. Kielland: Norway's worst ...

...url=http://www.oilrigdisasters.co.uk| title=Piper Alpha| publisher=Oil Rig Disasters| accessdate=26 March 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626 ...tp://www.oilonline.com/news/features/oe/20050801.Back_fro.18695.asp |title=Oil Online, Back from the Brink |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archiv ...

...e.versatel.nl/the_sims/rig/lakepeigneur.htm |title=Lake Peigneur – Oil rig disasters – Offshore Drilling Rig Accidents |access-date=2017-04-27 |url-status=dead ...ursday, November 20, 1980, the drill assembly of a [[Texaco]] contracted [[oil rig]], just offshore of the salt dome-caused Jefferson Island (itself in th ...

{{Short description|Oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico}} {{Infobox oil spill ...

...five wagons were tank wagons containing [[kerosene]], [[petrol]] and [[gas oil]]. ...gnal at danger and through a set of points which were set for no. 11 [[bay platform]], where an empty [[diesel multiple unit]] was standing. ...

...sessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program |url=https://darrp.noaa.gov/oil-spills/exxon-valdez#:~:text=On%20March%2024,%201989%20the,environmental%20d ...ental disasters from other disturbances such as [[natural disaster|natural disasters]] and intentional acts of war such as [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear bombings]]. ...

{{Short description|Crude oil carrier that sank off the coast of Genoa, Italy in 1991}} ...rew and flooding the [[Mediterranean]] with up to 50,000 tonnes of [[crude oil]].<ref name="observ">{{cite news|url= http://observer.guardian.co.uk/commen ...

...Vision in [[Israel]] as Casper 250. It is designed as a [[reconnaissance]] platform with real-time data acquisition. *[[pipeline transport|gas pipelines]] and [[oil rig]]s security. ...

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{{Short description|Offshore oil rig, sank in 1982}} | Ship class = [[semi-submersible]] mobile [[oil platform|offshore drilling unit]] ...

...geoscience literature information in order to provide an information query platform about geology for the people so that the geoscience knowledge can be dissem ===China Geological Survey Data Sharing Service Platform=== ...

{{short description|Uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from a well}} ...cidental spark during a blowout can lead to a catastrophic [[oil well fire|oil or gas fire]]. ...

The site was chosen in the early eighties for a demonstration "Oil from Coal" plant jointly funded by the government, the National Coal Board ...gas-6904263|title=300 jobs secured with deal for Point of Ayr terminal and oil and gas fields|first=Owen|last=Hughes|date=1 April 2014|website=North Wales ...