Families, friends and industry representatives are to gather to remember the 167 men who lost their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster in 1998.

Thirty years on from the world’s worst offshore disaster, an Act of Remembrance - organised by the industry’s Oil and Gas Chaplaincy and Aiberdeen Cooncil - will be held in the city’s Piper Alpha Memorial Garden.

The service is due to start at 7pm on 6 July with the names of those who perished read aloud. A lone piper will play a lament followed by a minute’s silence. 

Families, friends and colleagues will be invited to lay wreaths or flowers led by Aiberdeen’s Lord Provost Barney Crockett.

The Reverend Gordon Craig, Chaplain to the UK offshore oil and gas industry - who is organising the Act of Remembrance - commented: “Thirty years may seem a long time to some, but for those who lost a father, son, brother, husband, partner, friend or colleague, the tragedy is still very much part of their life. 

“By naming every person who tragically lost their life, the city and industry together can demonstrate that the loss of these men will not be forgotten.”

Source: Scottish Energy News