Piper Alpha

Summary

Piper Alpha is a production platform^[1]. It draws 1,723 Wikipedia views per month (production_platform category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Piper Alpha is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Piper Alpha's instance of is recorded as production platform^[4].
• Piper Alpha's owned by is recorded as Occidental Petroleum^[5].
• Piper Alpha's operator is recorded as Occidental Petroleum^[6].
• Piper Alpha's locator map image is recorded as Piper connections.png^[7].
• Piper Alpha's part of is recorded as North Sea oil^[8].
• Piper Alpha's Commons category is recorded as Piper Alpha^[9].
• Piper Alpha's point in time is recorded as +1988-07-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Piper Alpha's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.459722222222, 'lon': 0.25111111111111}^[11].
• Piper Alpha's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wjxm^[12].
• Piper Alpha's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Piper oilfield^[13].
• Piper Alpha's significant event is recorded as explosion^[14].
• Piper Alpha's BBC programme ID is recorded as b00cgpj9^[15].
• Piper Alpha's BBC Things ID is recorded as 6a4d6d31-3e2a-4c9f-a36a-32b33a191c2d^[16].
• Piper Alpha's plaque image is recorded as Piper Alpha Memorial Plaque.jpg^[17].
• Piper Alpha's sectional view is recorded as Piper (west).png^[18].
• Piper Alpha's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as explosion-de-piper-alpha^[19].
• Piper Alpha's NE.se ID is recorded as piper-alpha^[20].
• Piper Alpha's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Piper_Alpha-ulykken^[21].
• Piper Alpha's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 12151^[22].
• Piper Alpha's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["HistoricalEvent", "PiperAlphaExplosion1988"]^[23].

Body

Geography

Piper Alpha is in the country of United Kingdom^[3]. Its part of is recorded as North Sea oil^[8].

Designation and Status

Piper Alpha's instance of is recorded as production platform^[4].

History and Context

Piper Alpha's owned by is recorded as Occidental Petroleum^[5].

Why It Matters

Piper Alpha draws 1,723 Wikipedia views per month (production_platform category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]