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Author:

Matsen, Bradford.

Title:

Death and oil : a true story of the Piper Alpha disaster on the North Sea / Brad Matsen.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Pantheon Books,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

x, 203 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Offshore oil well drilling--History--North Sea--History--20th century.
Oil well drilling rigs--North Sea--History--20th century.
Oil wells--North Sea--History--History--20th century.
Explosions--North Sea--History--20th century.
Disasters--North Sea--History--20th century.
North Sea--History--20th century.
Aberdeen (Scotland)--History--20th century.
Disaster victims--North Sea--Biography.
Survival--North Sea--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Autumn 1988 -- Caddy shack -- Pumping money -- The divers -- Silver pit -- Oxy and the doctor -- Piper Alpha -- The granite city -- Piper Alpha -- The divers -- Aberdeen -- The galley -- Tharos -- Escape -- Hell -- Night -- Tharos -- The morning news -- Hellfighter -- Sadness -- Rage.

ISBN:

0307378810
9780307378811

OCLC:

(OCoLC)699764161

LCCN:

2011011902

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)