The periodic inspection and testing of gas cylinders is a legal requirement, and a new Code of Practice from the British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA) has been produced to give a comprehensive overview of the...
When used responsibly, dry ice is a convenient means to provide cold storage solutions. When used for food or medicine storage, it must meet specific quality specifications.
The British Compressed Gases Association’s (BCGA’s) Code of Practice 18 ‘Gas supply and distribution systems, specialty gases,’ provides best practice information for managing specialty gases.
Oxy-fuel gas equipment has many uses, including welding, cutting, heating, straightening, and descaling. Stored in specially designed and constructed gas cylinders, oxy-fuel gas provides an efficient and effective way to deliver gas to the end...
Driving can be hazardous at the best of times, but the safe carriage of dangerous goods requires compliance with complex regulations, an absolute commitment to best practice and professional levels of driver training and skill.
Looking back on the last 12 months, we can reflect on a year of challenge and change, and as an industry, say with pride that together we have played a significant role in the national...
Communication has been at the forefront of British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA) activity over the past 12 months, as the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic continued to be felt across the globe.
As you read this article, we will be putting together the final touches for the BCGA’s digital conference.
It now seems an age away, when, in my last column for gasworld, I spoke of my wish for a Brexit deal. FortunateIy, a Trade and Co-operation Agreement was struck between the UK and the EU...
From oxygen for Covid-19 patients, dry ice for the Pfizer vaccine and hydrogen for the Government’s new ‘Green Industrial Revolution’, the unique circumstances of 2020 have meant compressed gases have never been far from the...
