Welcome to 'North Sea Divers - a Requiem'

This book by ex pro' diver Jim Limbrick is a tribute to all 58, 20th Century professional divers who lost their lives whilst playing their part in effecting the extraction of oil and gas from UK northern waters, specifically the North Sea, during the years 1971 to 1999. Diving and Offshore background is given, with all deceased diver's names and nationalities, fatality dates, diver's ages, accident locations, platforms, employers, equipment used, water depths, and details of accidents, all as far as is known, or can be told. With subsequent Safety Regulations and recommendations, this book is a must for all those people interested in diving, and especially budding divers of any persuasion.

Contents of the book:

The divers, - general
Diver's qualifications (Previous and HSE current)
The oil and gas, - how it is formed
Getting it out
Offshore life (and Death)
The good old bad old days
The right stuff
It has to be the money
A bit of theory
Some technicalities
THE FATALITIES
Changes in Diving Regulations
Unions
Useful Addresses

Read chapter one here

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