HC Deb 03 December 1996 vol 286 cc580-1W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the largest single discharge of oil from an oil drilling or storage platform in the United Kingdom sector since 1979. [7022]

Mr. Page

The single largest spillage of oil from an oil drilling or storage platform in the United Kingdom sector since 1979 was from the Piper Alpha installation in 1988, when 750 tonnes of oil was lost following the fatal explosion.

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