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20th January 2021, 02:17 PM
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Re: In : Sea of Fire.
Originally Posted by
Fouro
This rare and interesting short video shows what employees would have experienced being oil workers on Piper Alpha.
Click on html below to watch.
https://youtu.be/EPMctEYX8LA
Fouro.
Although it was rather short, the video gave me a deep understanding as to how the oilmen lived and worked aboard Piper Alpha. The video also shows the oilmen getting off a loaded helicopter full of passengers after after having had a perilous flight from the mainland to the rig.
Rather than always reading about Piper Alpha, it was pleasing to me to watch realistic coverage for a change.
Fouro.
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20th January 2021, 02:45 PM
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Re: In : Sea of Fire.
the video was not so clear fouro butdid give a very very short look at life on the rig ,,,,,the one plus if there ever was one was the food ,,,never seen such a variation and loooking so good on any vessel in fact never saw a menu like that ever.......but deserved by the guys out there ....didnt watch the next video i have seen it and it is not a good scenario to watch cappy
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21st January 2021, 04:29 AM
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Re: In : Sea of Fire.
There is also one on U Tube about the disaster with comments from some of the survivors.
Not good viewing.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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21st January 2021, 03:08 PM
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Re: In : Sea of Fire.
Just come across the posts on the Piper Alpha disaster in about 93-94 i was working for Yeman Hunt Oil On there storage tanker
Ex Esso Japan and the Bosun on there i can not remember is name had been on one of the rescue boats and was telling us when
he went to Buck House to receive his medal in his with a half bottle whiskey down stocking .When Hunt Oil were in charge of the tanker
which was then named the Safa it had explosive charges fitted on the Bow for a quick escape because the cargo pumps for discharge were steam we were all ways ready to move it had all Italian Captain and offices I wonder if any one has any information of what has happened
to it I think it could contain some were between 2 -3 million barrels of oil a lot of dollars for some one
Alan McDougle
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