Seconds from disaster. Season 1, episode 10, Explosion in the North Sea / directed by Dan Gold ; produced by Darlow Smithson Productions for National Geographic.
More than 110 miles off the coast of Scotland, the Piper Alpha oil rig churns out 120,000 barrels of oil per day. But when a lapse in communication led to a gas leak, catastrophe ensued, causing the world's worst offshore disaster.
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