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43: Emergency Pipe-line Valve Regulations

From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.

Recommendation

The Emergency Pipe-line Valve Regulations should continue in force until they are subsumed in the Plant and Equipment Regulations. The provision in these regulations for there to be on each riser a valve with full emergency shutdown capability and located as close to sea level as practicable is endorsed (paras 19.34-35).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 393
Reference: Recommendation 43

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Inquiry Piper Alpha Inquiry
Report The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster 12 Nov 1990
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Themes and tags

Quality and safety oversight Emergency contingency plans Public Infrastructure Physical Hazards
Recommendation made 35.9 years ago