We are approaching the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster when 167 men lost their lives. Victims came from far and wide including Newtonhill and Portlethen.
A special memorial service taking place in Aberdeen next week on the anniversary.
Families, friends and representatives from industry will come together for an Act of Remembrance taking place at 7pm on 6 July in the Piper Alpha Memorial Garden at Hazlehead Park.
Offshore workers will also be able to pay their respects as the service is being streamed live on the UK Oil and Gas Chaplaincy Facebook page. The timing of the event – chosen to best suit the families and to be closer to the actual time of the disaster – coincides with offshore workers changing shift.
The Rev Gordon Craig, chaplain to the UK offshore oil and gas industry, is organising the Act of Remembrance:
“We may be three decades on from the world’s worst offshore disaster but for families, friends, colleagues and survivors, the memories and feelings of loss are no less. Our service will enable those to come together with representatives from the city and industry and remember the loved ones who tragically never made it home.”