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

IGEM/TD/101 EDITION 3

IGEM/TD/101 EDITION 3 has now – materials selection (was part of • materials procurement new plus
been published and is available to appendices) statements from previous appendix
purchase in our online shop. More detail is given for compliance
Section 7: Design review and with the SCO process for permits to
Summary of changes from Edition 2: approval work, ROs and NROs and the use of
• Structure changes New section separating out the specialist subcontractors for
• Rearranged overall to reflect the design, review and approval process. undertaking these procedures
actual design build stages and This section provides requirements for
adoption process and an increased the process ensuring that all networks Records
emphasis on the adopting gas are constructed in accordance with an Timings for the return of records will
transporter (GT) and utility agreed validated design and for dealing also be stipulated by the GT. This will
infrastructure provider (UIP) with changes to the validated submission be in line with the final connections
engaging at an early stage. during the construction phase. agreement between the GT and UIP
• Sections 1, 2 and 3 updated to and may also be in line with the safety
current IGEM format and regulations Section 8: Construction case of the GT.
Now additionally refers to:
Section 6: Detailed design changed to • construction being in accordance to Completion file requirements
planning and design development the validated design. • GTs to provide details of own specific
• Re-arranged section now includes • pre-construction checks requirements for completion files.
reference to all stages of developing • compliance checking • Typical content listed, this now just
a design for a new connection and • competency management refers to the requirements of the
network for adoption. • specialist sub-contractors as GTs concerned. ■
• Additional considerations include: described in GIG 2
– selecting connection locations • PSSR projects requirement for ■ Buy this and our other published
– dealing with PSSR requirements competent management standards at shop.igem.org.uk

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