HSE programme of work and inspection

The Gas and Pipelines Unit is responsible for HSE's operations in the natural gas supply industry and in industries transporting hazardous substances by pipeline. The Unit and its inspectors achieve regulation and compliance by enforcing health and safety law at:

natural gas transmission and distribution networks;
gas storage facilities;
onshore major hazard pipelines and offshore pipelines; and
other associated high hazard sites.

Related information

Sector performance

Major Hazard Safety Performance Indicators in the UK Onshore Gas and Pipelines Industries - Annual Report 2014/15 (PDF) ^[1]

Gas supply inspection plans

Arrangements for Prioritising Major Hazard Interventions in the onshore Gas and Pipelines sector (PDF) ^[2]

Gas supply operational guidance

Link URLs in this page

Major Hazard Safety Performance Indicators in the UK Onshore Gas and Pipelines Industries - Annual Report 2014/15https://www.hse.gov.uk/pipelines/assets/docs/annual-report14-15.pdf
Arrangements for Prioritising Major Hazard Interventions in the onshore Gas and Pipelines sectorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Gas/assets/docs/major-hazard-interventions-onshore-gas-pipelines.pdf
Gas Pipelines: Inspecting Safe Control of Operations on Live Distribution Mains and Serviceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Gas/assets/docs/safe-control-of-operations-og.pdf
Gas Pipelines: Inspecting Polyethylene (PE) Natural Gas Installationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00029.htm
Inspection of gas supply emergency arrangements and associated co-operation requirementshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00052.htm
Avoiding danger from underground serviceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg47.htm
Domestic gashttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Gas/domestic/index.htm
Pipelineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pipelines/index.htm
Pipelines and gas supply industry: FAQshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pipelines/faqs.htm
Offshore oil and gashttps://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/index.htm
COMAHhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/index.htm
Regulating major hazardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/regulating-major-hazards/index.htm
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)https://www.hse.gov.uk/carboncapture/index.htm
Liquefied Petroleum Gas pipework surveyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Gas/lpg/survey.htm

Glossary of abbreviations/acronyms on this page

FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions