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72: Shutdown in emergency on connected installation

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

Recommendation

Operators should be required by regulation to institute and review regularly a procedure for shutting down production on an installation in the event of an emergency on another installation which is connected to the first by a hydrocarbon pipeline where the emergency is liable to be exacerbated by continuation of such production (para 19.197).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 396
Reference: Recommendation 72

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

Quality and safety oversight Emergency contingency plans Public Infrastructure Physical Hazards
Recommendation made 35.9 years ago