IGEM Main Events

What do the Seminars Cover?

The morning session will be dedicated to the substantial changes made from Edition 4 to Edition 5 of IGEM/TD/1, including:

• the upper limit to MOP
• advice on the relevant safety evaluation when MOP exceeds 100 bar
• requirements for certain associated installations
• removal of requirements for methanol swabbing, except where there is no practicable alternative
• guidance on alternating current (AC) corrosion and application of new technology associated with corrosion protection
• equations for proximity curves
• an alternative approach for reaffirmation of MOP, avoiding the requirement for pressure raising in all circumstances
• revision of the requirements for TD/1 audits.

The afternoon session will address the brand new Standard IGEM/TD/2 “Application of pipeline risk assessment to proposed developments in the vicinity of high pressure Natural Gas pipelines”. IGEM/TD/2 covers:

• failure frequencies
• consequence modelling
• standard assumptions to be applied in the risk assessment methodology for land use planning zones
• site-specific risk assessments
• risk reduction factors to be applied for mitigation methods
• benchmark results for individual and societal risk levels

It is also planned that the session will include presentations reflecting the respective stances of HSE and a local planning authority.

To complete the picture, there will be an introduction to BS 8010-3 which is the equivalent Standard to IGEM/TD/2 but covering transported fuels other than Natural Gas.

Who are the presenters?

The majority of the IGEM Panels that drafted IGEM/TD/1 Edition 5 and IGEM/TD/2 will be present. In addition, it is planned that representatives of HSE and a local planning authority, as well as a member of BS 8010-3 Panel, will be at the events.

Who should attend and why?

Those involved in the design, construction, testing, commissioning, operation or maintenance of high pressure Natural Gas pipelines should attend at least the morning session and probably the afternoon session.

Anyone involved in the planning process for proposed developments in the vicinity of high pressure Natural Gas pipelines should find the afternoon session invaluable. In addition, as well as introducing BS 8010-3 for other fuels, delegates will find many of its principles consistent with IGEM/TD/2.

All delegates will receive on arrival at the Seminar an attendance certificate in their delegate pack. The majority of the slides shown by presenters will subsequently be accessible to view on IGEM’s website, via delegate password only.

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