Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Piper Alpha Oil Rig Explodes (Oil Rig catches on fire (Pump under…
Piper Alpha Oil Rig Explodes
Oil Rig catches on fire
Gas leak
Pump under-maintenance started up
The only working pump broke down
workers attempt to start a pump
permit to work is paper work to prevent this from occurring on the oil rig
a permit was issued for only one of the pumps
2 permits issued for a safety valve and one for the pump
pump in one part of the platform while the safety valve is in another
permits stored in different boxes
1 more item...
Muster station for workers on the oil rig
the housing block collapses
Emergency alarm panel destroyed
Control room operator
ignored first gas release
second gas release he triggers the alarm
first gas release was from production crew releasing a small amount of gas into the pump system
Gas alarms come from one area module C
Explosion piper alpha exploded because of LPG
design of the fire walls which separated module C was designed to withstand fires for up to 6 hours
fire walls cannot handle explosions
fire proof panels get shot out by the explosion and get shot into module B
flying panels rupture a lpg pipe
causing an explosion
Divers place rubber mats on the grating
which means the oil doesn't drip into the ocean but instead stays on the mat creating a burning pool of oil heat which hits the top of the oil rig
the pipe heats up quickly and creates high pressure gas and the pipe explodes
cause of the big explosion
gas alarms go off for control room operator
safety valves in the pumps can store 2x the normal operating pressures
One safety valve has been removed for maintenance
A flat metal plate is placed onto the pipe
the flat metal plate was only tightened hand tight allowing lpg to escape