The oil industry’s worst nightmare came true on July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, leaving most workers trapped in an inferno at sea. This disaster led ...

In July 1988, a fire breaks out on a vast oil rig in the North Sea, trapping Joe Meanen.

Thick smoke and flames rise from the remains of the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland, July ...