Stuart Ginbey – Director of Tradewinds Engineering has provided specialist training to the Inspectors from BEIS (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy). Also known as the ‘Offshore Inspectors’ they are tasked with ensuring offshore Oil & Gas Operators comply fully with the regulations to ensure they maintain operation in a safe and efficient manner. The course was aimed at updating the inspectors on the latest changes to the FGas regulations with particular focus being on the Marine & Offshore industry.

The course covered topics such as:

  • Leak checking frequency
  • Labeling
  • FGas Register & Logbooks
  • Training of personnel
  • Phasedown of HFC refrigerants such as R404A
  • Service ban on HFC refrigerants from 2020

The feedback from the course was very positive and all attendees appreciated the content that was covered.

If you would like to know more about these updates and how your company needs to comply with the new requirements of the FGas Regulations then please don’t hesitate to get in contact with us at [email protected]