Recommendation 45: Studies on inventory and pipeline connections

From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.

Recommendation

Studies should be carried out with the following objectives:- (i) To explore the feasibility of dumping in an emergency large oil inventories, such as those in the separators, in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner, so as to minimise the inventory of fuel available to feed a fire (para 19.19). (ii) To minimise the pipeline connections to platforms (para 19.21).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Page: 393

Reference: Recommendation 45

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.

Source

Inquiry Piper Alpha Inquiry

Report The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster 12 Nov 1990

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Themes and tags

Emergency contingency plans Public Infrastructure Physical Hazards Fire risk assessment failures

Recommendation made 35.9 years ago