The history of energy extraction has been marked by a number of disasters that have driven change: Piper Alpha, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the Exxon Valdez to name but a few.

能源开采的历史一向以一系列推动变化的灾难为里程碑：帕玻尔·阿尔法钻井平台爆炸、三里岛核事故、切尔诺贝利核泄漏事故，以及埃克森·瓦尔迪兹号溢油事故。

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It was at the Piper Alpha drilling structure in the North Sea.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

The 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster will be marked with an offshore safety conference.

BBC: Piper Alpha

The North Sea was the scene of the world's worst offshore rig disaster, the Piper Alpha explosion, which killed 167 people in 1988.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

In 1988, the world's worst offshore accident occurred when the Piper Alpha oil platform exploded in the British sector of the North Sea, killing 167 people.

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