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IGEM NEWS | Technical Services Update

IGEM’s Technical Services team brings you all the news of their latest activities
and the standards to look out for in the near future

STANDARDS IGEM/UP/1A Strength IGEM/GL/6 Permitry for the natural gas installations on
RECENTLY testing, tightness testing safe flow of gas industrial and commercial
PUBLISHED and direct purging of small IGEM/UP/11 Gas premises with respect to
IGEM/GL/2 Planning of gas low pressure industrial and installations for educational hazardous area
transmission and storage commercial gas establishments classification
systems operating at installations IGEM/PRS/40
pressures exceeding 16bar IGEM/TD/4 PE and steel STANDARDS Medium pressure meter
IGEM/GL/4 Gas system gas services and service STARTED installation kits
assets – risk management pipework IGEM/TD/12 IGEM/PRS/41
IGEM/GL/9 Natural gas IGEM/UP/6 Application of Pipework stress analysis for Medium pressure meter
supply in an emergency compressors to natural gas gas industry plant installation kits
IGEM/G/11 Gas Industry fuel systems IGEM/G/6 Gas supplies to IGEM/PRS/50
Unsafe Situations Procedure IGEM/GL/4 Gas system mobile dwellings Meter serial numbering
IGEM/GM/7A Electrical assets – risk management IGEM/SR/16 IGEM/TD/16
connections for gas IGEM/GM/4 Flowmetering Odorant systems for gas Biomethane injection
metering equipment practices (>38bar and transmission and IGEM/TD/17
IGEM/GM/7B Hazardous <100bar) distribution Steel and PE pipelines for
area classification for gas IGEM/UP/21 Liquefied IGEM/SR/22 Purging biogas distribution
metering equipment natural gas fuelling stations operations for fuel gases in IGEM/TD/19
IGEM/IG/3 Safe recovery of transmission, distribution Reinforced thermoplastic
DRAFTS AFTER a LNG road tanker and storage pipelines for high pressure
COMMENT IGEM/UP/9 Gas turbines gas transmission
IGEM/UP/1 Strength STANDARDS DUE TO and supplementary and IGEM/SR/18
testing, tightness testing BE PUBLISHED SOON auxiliary fired burners Safe working practices
and direct purging of IGEM/TD/101 Adoption of IGEM/GL/1 Planning IGEM/GM/5
industrial and commercial pipe systems by a GT – distribution systems Electronic gas meter volume
gas installations management of UIP activities IGEM/UP/16 Design for conversion systems

IGEM/GL/4 EDITION 3 OUT NOW GET INVOLVED IN
IGEM’S STANDARDS

of an emergency service and
decommissioning of assets associated
with gas systems.
This is based on the ‘plan, do, check,
act’ framework identified in the
current edition of HSG65, but with
IGEM/GL/4 EDITION 3 Gas system further requirements to make it gas
assets – safety management system industry specific.
contains a framework for the safe Among the changes to this
management of assets associated with standard, the title of the document
gas systems. has been changed to reflect its
This framework covers all activities, contents and it has been brought in
including design, installation, line with the latest editions of HSG65
operation, maintenance, and and BS EN 15399 to help ensure there
management including the provision are no contradictions. ■ WE TAKE great pride in our
standards and are always on the
lookout for new panel members. If
AUDITORS WANTED AT IGEM you are working in the industry and
believe you can make a
contribution to the review process
then please contact the Technical
IGEM IS seeking members to participate as auditors. Help us stay compliant Services team. Panels that are still
with our accreditation by becoming members of the Audit Committee. ■ looking for volunteers include:
IGEM/SR/23 Venting of natural
■ Anyone with experience or interest in assisting IGEM in this important gas and IGEM/SR/25 Hazardous
work should contact Tom Bancroft by emailing thomas@igem.org.uk or area classification. ■
calling +44(0)1509 678188.

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