The 1988 North Sea oil platform tragedy saw 167 men die, the world's worst such incident.

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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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Engineers there have been stripping CO2 from oil and gas pumped by an offshore platform in the Nordic Sea, and pumping it back down.

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Oil giant BP is upping its stake in the North Sea by buying Total's share of a platform and two fields.

BBC: BP to invest ?100m in North Sea interests