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TECHNICAL STANDARDS
TECHNICAL Standards and updates from the IGEM Technical Services team
STANDARDS RECENTLY DRAFTS AFTER COMMENT
PUBLISHED
GET INVOLVED IN IGEM’S STANDARDS IGEM/UP/16 IGEM/UP/6
Application of
Design for natural
natural gas fuel
gas installations compressors to
on industrial and systems
WE TAKE great pride in our standards a contribution to the review process, commercial premises
and are always on the lookout for new please contact the Technical Services with respect to DSEAR IGEM/UP/21 Liquefied
natural gas fuelling
panel members. If you are working in team by emailing technical@igem.org.uk IGEM/TD/16 stations
the industry and believe you can make or calling +(0)1509 678179. Biomethane injection IGEM/TD/4 PE and
IGEM/GM/PRS/50 steel gas services and
Meter serial service pipework
numbering
IGEM/TD/12 Pipework
stress analysis for gas
industry plant
DRAFTS FOR COMMENT
IGEM/TD/13
IGEM/G/8 Handling, Pressure regulating
transport and storage installations
of PE pipe and fittings
IGEM/G/5 Gas in
IGEM/GL/10 Gas multi-occupancy
quality specification buildings
for conveyance of
Group H gases of the IGEM/GM/6 Non-
second gas family domestic meter
installations –
IGEM/IG/1 Standards standard designs
of training in gas work
IGEM/UP/9
Application of natural
gas and fuel oil systems
to gas turbines
the walls in the kitchen to where
the resident tells us the meter was
positioned before it was removed.
Should the utility company have
returned to the property sometime after
meter removal to physically cap off the
supply before it entered the property?
A: The relevant regulation is L56, which
is the Approved Code of Practice to
the Gas Safety (Installation and use)
Regulations and it states:
“Regulation 16(3)(b) requires
disconnection ‘as near as is reasonably
practicable’ to the main or storage tank.
However, the regulation recognises
that there are certain situations,
e.g., blocks of flats, where removal
of service pipes or service pipework
to particular dwellings may not be
readily achievable. The gas supplier
(together with the transporter in the
case of natural gas) needs to decide
the appropriate action in a particular
case, bearing in mind that unused ‘live’
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED service pipes or pipework represent
a potential hazard. Metal fittings
should be used to seal metal pipes
(and emergency control outlets under
OUR IGEM EXPERTS ANSWER YOUR COMMON TECHNICAL QUESTIONS regulation 16(3)(a)).
“Any installation pipework or other
Q: Is there a regulation that covers We have a property that has not gas fitting rendered redundant by meter
the timescale/need for capping off a been ‘on gas’ for over 12 years, removal should be made safe (e.g., by
supply to a property after the meter although there is still some open purging, and sealing any open gasways
has been removed? ended barrel pipework running round with an appropriate fitting).”
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