Piper Alpha disaster: victims remembered 25 years on Dame Anne Begg, MP for Aberdeen South, said: "Today provides an opportunity to reflect on the events of 25 years ago and remember the tragic loss of lives, the effect of which is still felt every day in Aberdeen and further afield. It offers the opportunity as well to appreciate the work which has been undertaken by the oil and gas industry during the past 25 years to ensure that those working offshore are safe. She also praised recent restoration work to the Memorial Garden, "ensuring that all those affected have a space to remember those that were lost as a result of the disaster." First Minister Alex Salmond is also expected to attend the service of remembrance and rededication which will be led by the Rev Gordon Craig, chaplain to the UK oil and gas industry. Addresses will be made by George Adam, the Lord Provost of Aberdeen, and Geoff Holmes, chief executive of Talisman Sinopec Energy UK, the company that now operates the Piper field. The names of all 167 people who died in the disaster will be read by representatives from the oil and gas industry and floral wreaths will be laid at the memorial. Roy Carey, 70, from Ayrshire, was one of 62 survivors and will be attending the service. It gives me a chance to reflect on it. I do feel it's the only place where I feel a little closer to the lads that never made it," he said. He also reflected on some of the safety changes introduced after the Piper Alpha disaster. A rig can now only burn the fuel that is on board which was not the case on the Piper Alpha. This should prevent a disaster to that extent happening again, but because that is happening in the North Sea doesn't mean it is happening worldwide but it really should be," he said. Safety, with science, should get better not worse and I'm hoping that improvements will be ongoing all the time. Ian Reid, 67, from Blackburn in West Lothian, lost his brother Donald, 44, who was an engineer on Piper Alpha. Mr Reid will visit the memorial but not attend the service to mark the 25th anniversary. Since Donald's funeral in 1988 Mr Reid has only been to Aberdeen once, for the 20th anniversary service which he found overwhelming. This week he returned to see his 21-year-old granddaughter Emma graduate from the University of Aberdeen and will lay flowers at the memorial accompanied by his wife. I know it's a big anniversary but every day is an anniversary to me. I've thought about him every day since that day happened. I've missed him," he said. Edited by Andrew Marszal