The July, 1988 explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig in the North Sea resulted in a fire that completely destroyed the platform, and cost 167 lives and millions of dollars a day in lost revenue. Exponent participated in the public inquiry conducted by the British government under Lord Cullen and performed combustion/fire tests to investigate possible sources of ignition.

Fires & Explosions
Marine Services
Materials/Metallurgy
Mechanical Engineering