Piper Alpha 30th Anniversary Commemoration

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Piper Alpha 30th Anniversary Commemoration

At 7.00pm on 6 July the industry and city of Aberdeen will pause to remember the 167 men who were killed thirty years ago on the Piper Alpha. The Chaplaincy will conduct a ceremony at the Piper Alpha Memorial in Hazlehead Park during which the names of those lost on that fateful night will be read aloud.

A lone piper will play a lament and a minute’s silence observed. Wreathes will be laid on behalf of the industry, the city of Aberdeen and Pound for Piper. Families, friends, colleagues and well-wishers will also have the opportunity to lay flowers or wreathes in remembrance at this commemoration to which all are welcome to attend.


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Minute's silence for Piper Alpha's 167 victims

A minute's silence has been held in Aberdeen in memory of the 167 men who lost their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster 30 years ago.

The name of each worker was read aloud at a service attended by hundreds of people at the Piper Alpha Memorial Garden in Aberdeen's Hazlehead Park.


The platform, 120 miles north east of Aberdeen, exploded on 6 July 1988.


The North Sea tragedy remains the world's worst offshore disaster. Sixty one people survived the disaster.


A piper played a lament and prayers were said before wreaths were laid by Aberdeen Lord Provost Barney Crockett and Oil and Gas UK chief executive Deirdre Michie.

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