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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 RECENTLY DRAFT FOR COMMENT tightness testing and direct operations for fuel gases in
PUBLISHED IGEM/UP/16 Design for purging of industrial and transmission, distribution
IGEM/GL/6 Permitry for the natural gas installations on commercial gas installations and storage
safe ow of gas industrial and commercial IGEM/UP/1A Strength IGEM/UP/9 Gas turbines
IGEM/G/11 Gas Industry premises with respect to testing, tightness testing and and supplementary and
Unsafe Situations Procedure DSEAR direct purging of small low auxiliary red burners
IGEM/GM/7A Electrical pressure industrial and IGEM/GL/1 Planning
connections for gas metering DRAFTS AFTER commercial gas installations distribution systems
equipment COMMENT IGEM/UP/6 Application of IGEM/TD/16 Biomethane
IGEM/GM/7B Hazardous IGEM/UP/21 Liqueed compressors to natural gas injection
area classication for gas natural gas fuelling stations fuel systems IGEM/TD/17 Steel and PE
metering equipment IGEM/TD/4 PE and steel gas IGEM/GM/4 Flowmetering pipelines for biogas
IGEM/UP/11 Gas services and service pipework practices (>38bar and <100 distribution
installations for educational IGEM/PRS/40 Medium bar) IGEM/TD/19 Reinforced
establishments pressure meter installation kits thermoplastic pipelines for
IGEM/UP/17 Shared chimney IGEM/PRS/41 Medium STANDARDS STARTED high pressure gas
and ue systems for pressure meter installation kits IGEM/TD/12 Pipework stress transmission
domestic gas appliances IGEM/PRS/50 Meter serial analysis for gas industry IGEM/SR/18 Safe working
IGEM/TD/1 Supplement 1 numbering plant practices
Handling, transport and IGEM/G/6 Gas supplies to IGEM/GM/5 Electronic gas
storage of steel pipe, bends STANDARDS DUE TO BE mobile dwellings meter volume conversion
and ttings PUBLISHED SOON IGEM/SR/16 Odorant systems
IGEM/TD/101 Adoption of IGEM/IG/3 Safe recovery of systems for gas transmission IGEM/GM/6 Non-domestic
pipe systems by a GT – a LNG road tanker and distribution meter installations
management of UIP activities IGEM/UP/1 Strength testing, IGEM/SR/22 Purging
IGEM/GL/6 EDITION 3 GET INVOLVED IN
IGEM’S STANDARDS
IGEM/GL/6 EDITION 3 Safe control of • Development of a CP portfolio
operations for gas networks has now similar to AE as this is not currently WE TAKE great pride in our
been published and is available to a requirement standards and are always on the
purchase online in our shop. • Inclusion of evidence in the form of lookout for new panel members. If
inspection of 3 SCO procedures for you are working in the industry and
The main changes made to the sign o£ as CP, which is not currently believe you can make a
document include: a requirement of SCO1 section 5.3.2 contribution to the review process
The risk based approach • Stating for AE sign o£ a mix of then please contact the Technical
• Ability to change/alternative desktop and onsite inspections Services team by emailing
controls for low risk work activities required technical@igem.org.uk or calling
and link to Safety & Engineering • Removal of reference to Meter +44(0)1509 678150 ■
Procedures section – backed by the Operation Controller from
risk assessment undertaken RO* procedure
activities • Inclusion of other activities for
• Reference to 24/7 manned sites Permit to Work in Appendix 3
• Creation of a Safety & Engineering • Appendix 4 changes including
Procedures section section for pipes <2in/63mm and the
• Removal of the Ancillary Safe requirement for RO/NRO in some
System of Work Documentation instances MP mains <2in/63mm (not
section services) and LPG
• Clarications around deviations for • Change to example Permit to Work
SCO procedures and company form Appendix 5
engineering procedures • Further guidance/clarication/focus
• Use of the phrase ‘Safe System of given to contingency plans for NRO’s
Work’ to cover SCO to remove the Appendix 6
confusion over permitry for all SCO • New symbols added that were
procedures and a ‘Permit to Work’ needed for standardisation following
• Denition of experience new techniques/equipment being
requirements for CP/AE used e.g., gland box ■
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