# Death and Oil

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/brad-matsen/death-and-oil/9780307906786

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- Book: [Death and Oil](https://www.bookquiver.com/brad-matsen/death-and-oil) ([Death and Oil.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/brad-matsen/death-and-oil.md))
- Authors: [Brad Matsen](https://www.bookquiver.com/brad-matsen)
- Publisher: pantheon
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-0790-678-6
- Published: 2011-10-18
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The first full account of the most tragic oil rig disaster in history, the human story behind it, and the true nature of its legacy. July 6, 1988, began as a normal day on Piper Alpha, the biggest...