ABB provide compliance with legislation and money saving pragmatic judgements
ABB provide compliance with legislation and money saving pragmatic judgements
2 Pages— OIL AND GAS CASE STUDY - OFFSHORE PLATFORM, NORTH SEA Area classification and mechanical ignition source ABB provide compliance with legislation and money saving pragmatic judgements. The client operates an installation in the North Sea. The overall platform classification had not been reviewed since the asset was built in over 25 years ago. Modifications to equipment and modes of operation meant that it was out of date and needed to be updated order to comply with regulation 9 (2)a of the offshore installations Prevention of Fire and Explosion and Emergency Response Regulations (PFEER) 1995. They wished to assess the potential for the mechanical equipment installed in hazardous areas on their installation to produce an ignition source in order to demonstrate compliance
