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The welded pipe that snapped and sunk a North Sea oil rig

In March 1980, the Alexander Kielland oil platform capsized in the North Sea after a support brace snapped from a cracked weld that engineers had already flagged as weak. Within 30 minutes, the ...

'Most gruesome death of all time' as divers were 'boiled from inside out'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The horror of every bubble of nitrogen in your blood bursting open in one split second became a ...

Five men 'boiled from inside out' in horror North Sea tragedy

Five men died instantly when a catastrophic decompression accident occurred on the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea, ...
Irish Mirror on MSN

Five men 'boil alive from inside out' in one of 'most gruesome deaths of all time'

In 1983, the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea saw a catastrophic decompression chamber failure that killed five men ...

Divers' 'worst death imaginable' as organs and brain pushed out of body underwater

Suffering critical injuries, Saunders was the only survivor of the dreadful accident, enduring collapsed lungs and spinal ...

'Most gruesome death of all time' as man's organs 'expelled from his body'

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The catastrophic incident took the lives of 5 men in horrifying ways and gave life-threatening ...
Irish Mirror on MSN

Diver's 'most gruesome death' as organs and brain 'expelled from his body' in underwater horror

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A tragic incident involving six men and a fatal miscalculation underwater resulted in what have been ...
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UK North Sea Oil Enters Survival Mode as Investment Dries Up

UK North Sea oil and gas endured its toughest year in decades in 2025, with investment pulled back sharply and offshore ...