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Today, we remember the Piper Alpha tragedy, a devastating incident that occurred on July 6, 1988, in the North Sea. The incident resulted in the loss of 167 lives and had a profound impact on the oil and gas industry. As we reflect, let us also recognize the valuable lessons learned and our unwavering commitment to safety. The Piper Alpha disaster served as a wake-up call for the industry, highlighting the critical need for robust safety systems and effective emergency response protocols. It taught us that safety is not just a responsibility but a mindset that should be embraced by each one of us. Today, as professionals, let us renew our commitment to safety. By prioritizing safety in all our actions, we can prevent incidents, protect lives, and safeguard our environment. Together, we honor the memory of those affected by the Piper Alpha tragedy by working towards a safer future. #SafetyFirst# sangomar 🇲🇲

Reflecting on the Piper Alpha Incident: A Legacy of Safety Today marks the anniversary of the tragic Piper Alpha disaster, which occurred on July 6, 1988. This catastrophic event resulted in the loss of 167 lives and remains the deadliest offshore oil disaster in history. As leaders in the industry, it's crucial to honor the memory of those affected by this tragedy by continuously striving for the highest standards of safety and responsibility. The Piper Alpha incident underscored the importance of rigorous safety protocols, effective emergency response plans, a culture of vigilance and accountability. In the wake of the disaster, significant changes were implemented across the sector. This transformation highlights the industry's capacity for growth and adaptation in the face of adversity, but shouldn’t lead us into a sense of security this sort of event couldn’t happen again. Constant vigilance is always required in high hazard sectors. Let us commit to learning from the past, advocating for continuous improvement, and ensuring that the lessons of Piper Alpha and the subsequent Cullen Report guide our decisions and actions. #PiperAlpha #SafetyFirst #IndustryLeaders #OilAndGas #LegacyOfSafety

Please use this as an example! Homes don’t take care of themselves, you have to do routine checks to ensure something like this does not happen to you. Holy shiznit!!! 😳 This is like out of a movie, that house was completely leveled. Prayers for the lives lost and those affected. This can happen to your house too. It’s always a great idea to have routine gas line checkups, and always double check to make sure appliances using gas have all knobs/valves shutoff after use. Also, whenever moving any appliances, people don’t think to check the lines behind the appliance. Just by simply adjusting an appliance, that can dislodge a hose, therefore, causing a leak that would be unknown to those in the house. Just wow, so sad. One second life is fine and normal, and literally the next second completely gone. Please use this as an example of the realities and dangers of lack of maintaining your household. Not saying that’s what happened here, this could even have been a main line that had nothing to do with something in the house. Currently that’s undetermined. But nonetheless, this can happen due to what I described above. Imagine you’re at the dinner table, and a split second later your whole family is evaporated. This is just inconceivable 😞

The safest and smartest idea right now, is to go to a nanogrid system with alternative energy options beyond that of simple solar. By using maglev turbines with multiple drive sources we can stop the need for fossil fuels and the dangers they represent. To not make this change we are playing with Dynamite. #greenenergy #windpower #nanogrid

𝗢𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟲𝘁𝗵, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗻, 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝟲𝟳 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟲𝟭 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀. The Piper Alpha disaster was a major turning point for health and safety in the oil and gas industry. What Caused the Giant Piper Alpha Oil Rig Explosion? See the video link below The lessons from the Cullen Inquiry reshaped safety practices and continue to guide many organizations' safety management systems today. 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 The Cullen Inquiry revealed several major failures in health and safety processes on Piper Alpha, offering important lessons that are still relevant for today's organizations: 👉 Change Management: Safety measures on Piper Alpha didn’t account for the new risks that came with retrofitting for gas extraction. This shows how crucial it is for companies to constantly review and update safety procedures as operations change. 👉 Work Permit Systems/Handovers: Poor work permit systems and informal shift change communications led to safety issues on Piper Alpha. Clear protocols and effective communication during handovers are essential to prevent such lapses. 👉 Personal Safety vs. Process Safety: Fire-fighting pumps were left on manual mode due to routine diving operations, making them inaccessible during the disaster. This highlights the need to balance personal and process safety. 👉 Safety Culture: A complacent safety culture contributed significantly to the Piper Alpha disaster. It's crucial for every employee to stay vigilant and accountable for safety. 👉 Interconnection: Explosions on Piper Alpha cut off communication with nearby platforms, delaying their shutdown and allowing oil to keep fuelling the fire. This underscores the importance of managing interconnected systems and risks. 👉 Emergency Response Systems: Inadequate emergency response mechanisms hindered evacuation efforts on Piper Alpha. Regular drills and thorough emergency preparedness are vital to ensure safety. However, many organizations, are still reluctant to implement lessons learned from previous incidents in their operations. Corrective actions are every organisation's exponential safety net. Without truly implementing these critical lessons means an invitation for the escalation of accidents. As we remember this tragedy, we must ask ourselves: Have we really learned and applied what’s necessary to prevent another disaster in our own operations? https://lnkd.in/drh4mcpn

We don’t forget this day. 36 years since Piper Alpha. From that accident we could learn how better management of Control of work and clear Timely Information Flow could have prevented the death of 167 offshore workers. The Piper Alpha disaster was a tragic offshore oil platform explosion that occurred in the North Sea in 1988. It remains one of the deadliest incidents in the history of the oil and gas industry. Improving safety culture and communication is crucial to prevent such devastating events.

Get ahead of any severe and catastrophic weather event with these Emergency Plan quick tips from the American Petroleum Institute (API): •Know who does what during an emergency.  •Review federal and antitrust laws that limit information you can share during an emergency. •First responders and other critical services will count on you to help them prepare for the storm ahead. •Routinely practice your emergency plan with drills or exercises. Allowing your team to run through an emergency procedure can alleviate unnecessary stress when an event happens.

⚖️ #PuertoRico municipalities are taking a stand to #EndFossilFuels, filing lawsuit for the #LossAndDamage caused during 2017 hurricane season. The complaint alleges a global strategy by oil and gas companies to conceal their role in growing climate impacts and risks. Learn more on the legal case ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ePZ9vvQr