How long does it take to read The Public Inquiry Into the Piper Alpha Disaster?
William Douglas Cullen, Lord Cullen of Whitekirk
The Public Inquiry Into the Piper Alpha Disaster by William Douglas Cullen, Lord Cullen of Whitekirk takes about 8 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 57 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1990. 488 pages, about 134,200 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This report in two volumes is the final report on the public inquiry into the Piper Alpha platform disaster in the North Sea by a parliamentary commission under Lord Cullen. It outlines the findings of the investigation in Vol. 1 and the Lessons Learnt in Vol. 2.
Subjects: Piper Alpha, North Sea, UK, disaster, platform, explosion
