Transport
Canada
Safety and Security
Transport Dangerous
Goods Directorate
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5
Transports
Canada
Sécurité et sûreté
Direction générale du transport des marchandises dangereuses
330, rue Sparks
Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0N5
Certificate No.:
Certificate Holder:
Mode of Transport:
Issue Date:
SU 9269 (Ren. 5)
Proserv UK Limited
Road, Rail, Air, Marine
February 11, 2013
Expiry Date: April 30, 2017
CONDITIONS
This Equivalency Certificate authorizes Proserv UK Limited to sell, offer for sale, distribute, or deliver in Canada and authorizes any person to handle, offer for transport, transport, or import into Canada, by road or railway vehicle, by cargo aircraft or by ship, means of containments in a manner that does not comply with subsections 5.1(1) and
(2), section 5.2, subparagraphs 5.10(1)(a)(i) and 5.10(1)(b)(i), paragraph 5.10(1)(c), subparagraph 5.10(1)(d)(i), and subsection 5.10(2) of the Transportation of Dangerous
Goods Regulations , if:
Selection and Use
(a) subject to conditions (b) to (h) of this certificate, the requirements applicable to specification TC-3ASM means of containments in National Standard of Canada
CAN/CSA B340-02, “Selection and Use of Means of containments, Spheres, Tubes and Other Containers for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Class 2” , October
2002, as amended in January 2004 and February 2005, cited in the rest of this certificate as CAN/CSA B340-02, are complied with;
(b) the means of containments are used for hydrocarbon well sampling services only;
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CONDITIONS
(c) subject to condition (d) of this certificate, the means of containments contain only the following dangerous goods:
Dangerous Goods PIN
NITROGEN, COMPRESSED
PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL
UN1066
UN1267
COMPRESSED GAS, TOXIC, FLAMMABLE, N.O.S. UN1953
COMPRESSED GAS, FLAMMABLE, N.O.S. UN1954
HYDROCARBON GAS MIXTURE,COMPRESSED, N.O.S. UN1964
HYDROCARBON GAS MIXTURE, LIQUEFIED, N.O.S. UN1965
(d) means of containments filled with COMPRESSED GAS, TOXIC, FLAMMABLE,
N.O.S., UN1953 are not transported by aircraft;
(e) despite the requirements of Clause 4.3.1 of CAN/CSA B340-02, the means of containments are not equipped with pressure-relief devices. However, when subjected to a fire test in accordance with CGA Publication C-141999, “ Procedures for Fire Testing of DOT Means of containment
Pressure Relief Device Systems”
, Third
Edition, published by the Compressed Gas Association, Inc., the means of containments vent due to seal failure and do not rupture;
(f) before filling, each means of containment is inspected in accordance with
CAN/CSA B340-02 and in accordance with Proserv UK Limited’s guidelines for maintenance, inspection, and cleaning. Any means of containment with damage to its shell that reduces the wall thickness to less than the minimum design wall thickness is condemned. Any repair to a valve or accessory is carried out by personnel trained for that purpose;
(g) for transport and handling, each means of containment is fitted with valve protectors and each valve port is fitted with an appropriate plug;
(h) each means of containment, complete with valve protectors, is transported in a strong outside packaging in accordance with Proserv UK Limited
’s drawing number
851163 “Universal Transportation Box to Accommodate All Means of containment
Types”;
(i) subject to conditions (j) to (w) of this certificate, the means of containments are in compliance with the requirements applicable to Specification TC-3ASM set out in
National Standard of Canada CAN/CSA B339-
02, “
Means of containments, Spheres, and Tubes for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods”,
October 2002, as amended in November 2003 and February 2005, cited in the rest of this certificate as CAN/CSA
B339-02;
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CONDITIONS
(j) the means of containments are manufactured and assembled at 4 Greenbank
Place, East Tullos, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, or prior to February 2, 2012 were manufactured and assembled at Riverside, North Esplanade West, Aberdeen,
Scotland, UK, in accordance with the procedures, specifications, and the drawings for the Type 5 Universal Hydrocarbon Sample Means of containment or the Type 6
Single Phase Sample Means of containment listed in Table 1 of Appendix A of this certificate, filed by Proserv (North Sea) Limited on October 5, 2006, by Proserv UK
Limited on December 3, 2009 and August 13, 2012, in accordance with the revised specifications filed by Proserv UK Limited on March 5, 2008 with Transport Canada’s
Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate;
(k) the means of containments are hydrocarbon well sampling means of containments, manufactured from stainless steel billets, with screwed ends. Each means of containment is equipped with a floating piston assembly designed to separate the hydrocarbon well sample end from the pressurization end;
(l) subject to condition (m) of this certificate, the means of containment shells and ends are manufactured from Armco 17-4 PH precipitation-hardening stainless steel, double hardened at 621°C (1150°F). The material meets the requirements specified in
National Association of Corrosion Engineers
(NACE) Standard MR0175, “
Petroleum and natural gas industries
– Materials for use in H2S-containing environments in oil and gas production”
, published in 2003;
(m) a coating may be applied to the internal surfaces of means of containments in accordance with the procedures and specifications filed by Proserv UK Limited on
June 9, 20
08 with Transport Canada’s Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate. The coating application process shall be carried out by Bodycote Metallurgical Coatings
Ltd., Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK, and the means of containments shall not be subjected to temperature s exceeding 427°C during the process;
(n) the minimum wall thickness for each means of containment is specified in Table 1 of Appendix A of this certificate, and the maximum wall stress of 235 MPa specified in item 5.3.1(a)(iii) of CAN/CSA B339-02, does not apply;
(o) despite the requirements of Clause 4.3.5 of CAN/CSA B339-02, the calculated shear strength of the end cap threads is at least 5 times the shear stress at the test pressure of the means of containments, and the threads do no fail before the means of containment ruptures;
(p) despite the requirements of Clause 5.7 of CAN/CSA B339-02, the completed means of containments are not heat-treated;
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(q) despite the requirements of Clause 5.8 of CAN/CSA B339-02, a tensile test is not required for each lot of completed means of containments provided that the tensile properties are determined from a sample taken from each heat of Armco 17-4 PH bar material representing each lot of 200 means of containments or less, and the minimum tensile strength is 931 MPa, the minimum yield strength is 724 MPa, and the minimum elongation is 16% for a Type D specimen;
(r) despite the requirements of Clause 5.9 of CAN/CSA B339-02, a flattening test is not required on a representative means of containment;
(s) each means of containment is tested hydrostatically to its test pressure and has its volumetric expansion measured;
(t) subject to condition (u) of this certificate, the Transport Canada mark, the specification designation, and the service pressure marked on each means of containment is:
TC-SU 9269followed by the service pressure expressed in bar;
(u) the markings are electro-etched on the designated area of the means of containment as shown on Proserv UK Limited ’s marking drawing 851144, 850870-10,
851145 or 850867 filed on July 29, 2008, marking drawing 850870-9-1000 filed on
December 3, 2009, and marking drawing 851144-960, 851145-990 or 850867-990 filed August 13, 2012, with the Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate. The markings are at least 6 mm in height;
(v) despite Clause 4.13.5 of CAN/CSA B339-02, for qualification of a new design, means of containments are hydrostatically tested to at least 2.25 times the service pressure and do not burst, but leak due to seal failure at the end closures;
(w) despite the provisions of Clause 24.2.1.6 of CAN/CSA B339-02, each means of containment is requalified by Proserv UK Limited or by Authorized Testing Inc.,
Riverside, CA, in accordance with the requirements in Clause 24 of CAN/CSA
B339-02. The requalification period is five years; and
(x) the certificate holder reports once per calendar year, a summary of means of containment manufacturing and performance experience to the Director Regulatory
Affairs Branch, Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate, Transport Canada.
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CONDITIONS
This Equivalency Certificate serves as the registration of Proserv UK Limited, pursuant to Clause 25.2 of CAN/CSA B339-02, to manufacture means of containments of the designs specified herein. Proserv UK Limited’s registered mark, pursuant to
CAN/CSA B339-02, is:
Note: The issuance of this Equivalency Certificate in no way reduces the certificate holder's responsibility to comply with any other requirements of the
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, the ICAO Technical Instructions
for the Safe Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Air, the International Maritime
Dangerous Goods Code, and the Canadian Aviation Regulations not specifically addressed in this certificate.
Signature of Issuing Authority
_____________________________
David Lamarche P. Eng., ing.
Chief
Permits and Approvals Division
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( The following is for information purposes only and is not part of this certificate.)
Contact Person: Murray Stuart
Senior Design Engineer
Proserv UK Limited
4 Greenbank Place
East Tullos
Aberdeen, AB12 3BT
Scotland
Telephone:
Facsimile:
E-mail:
+44 (0)1224 871800
+44 (0)1224 896090
Murray.Stuart@proserv-group.com
Explanatory Note
This Equivalency Certificate authorizes the manufacture and use of hydrocarbon well sampling means of containments designed for use in the oil and gas industry. The certificate holder has demonstrated that when manufactured under the conditions stipulated herein, the means of containment could be used with equivalent safety.
Legend for Certificate Number
SH - Road, SR - Rail, SA - Air, SM - Marine
SU - More than one Mode of Transport
Ren. - Renewal
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APPENDIX A
TABLE 1: Means of containment Data
Drawing
Number
850669
850409
850870
850852
850870-
1000
850669-960
850409-990
850852-990
Means of containment
Type
Type 5
Type 6
Type 5
Type 6
Type 5
Type 5
Type 6
Type 6
Maximum
Service
Pressure,
(MPa)
68.9
68.9
103.4
103.4
103.4
68.9
68.9
103.4
Maximum
Water
Capacity*
(mL)
Nominal
Outside
Diameter
(mm)
890
969
969
969
1232
1150
1259
1259
88.9
88.9
90.8
90.8
90.8
88.9
88.9
90.8
Minimum
Wall
Thickness
(mm)
13.3
13.3
14.3
14.3
14.3
13.3
13.3
14.3
*The maximum water capacity values specified for each means of containment reflect the water capacity without the internal floating piston installed.
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NOTE
Under Canadian Law, a foreign manufacturer of non-specification means of containments cannot be charged with an offence under the Transportation of
Dangerous Goods Act, 1992 for failure to comply with the conditions of an Equivalency
Certificate. However, certain remedies under the Act are available to Transport
Canada in this eventuality.
These include:
1. detention of dangerous goods and consequently the means of containment containing them (subsection 17(1));
2. detention of the means of containment whether full or empty (subsection 17(1));
3. directions not to import the means of containment or to return them to origin
(subsection 17(3));
4. inspectors’ directions (section 19);
5. directions to importers of the means of containment to issue notices of defective construction or recall (subsection 9(2)); and
6. revocation of the certificate, thereby making any use of the means of containments an offence (subsection 31(6)).
If none of the foregoing are adequate, Protective Directions may be issued to prohibit or to control the use of the means of containment (section 32).
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