Recommendation 39: Database of leaks, spills and ignitions
From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.
Recommendation
The regulatory body should be responsible for maintaining a database with regard to hydrocarbon leaks, spills and ignitions in the industry and for the benefit of the industry. The regulatory body should:- (i) discuss and agree with the industry the method of collection and use of the data, (ii) regularly assess the data to determine the existence of any trends and report them to the industry, and (iii) provide operators with a means of obtaining access to the data, particularly for the purpose of carrying out quantified risk assessment (para 18.43).
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.