Linking Safety and Process in the Oil & Gas Industry

 This past July marked the 21^st anniversary of the world’s worst offshore oil disaster, when the Piper Alpha burned and sank in the North Sea, killing 162 people.  Unfortunately, the safety record in the oil and gas industry, perhaps one of the most dangerous of all industries, hasn’t gotten much better since then.  In October 2008, four lives were lost when a supply vessel sank.  In April 2008, 16 people died in a helicopter crash while transporting oil and gas workers off the coast of Scotland.  Sadly, these statistics in no way paint a true picture of the extent of the problem; numerous other incidents happen every day that don’t make the news. 

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