The APEAcelebrates 50 Years of Petroleum Administration

The move to have a photograph on the front cover has over the years kept members interest and they have contributed with a number of photographs of petrol pumps, filling stations, tanks etc, long may it continue. We should also perhaps remember that apart from petrol stations many of the PLA’s looked after Carbide of Calcium (acetylene generation) Car parks, Bulk storage at distribution depots, inspection of road tankers, can storage and many other aspects no l o n g e r covered today. The other change the Association has seen which was adopted on 25 May 1988 was to change the APEA to a company limited by guarantee; this was carried out under the able stewardship of Adrian Levett.

Apart from the activities mentioned we also have produced a number of Codes of Practice, certainly two codes on Petrol Station Construction before the current Blue Books, one on Petrol Can Storage and two on Car Parks.

Training from the early days has changed to meet today’s needs and

most members will be aware of the successful training courses run by the Association in a more modern way. The Association has also run many conferences during its 50 years and many of you will remember the Queensway Hall in Dunstable. Our first exhibitor was Trevor Pardoe with his Fibersec GRP manhole chamber others were impressed so an Exhibition followed with Barry Thompson and Brian Taylor organising the exhibitions. The move to Birmingham under Mike Lugg’s chairmanship also proved a Aphoto of students at Attingham Park watching a fire extinguisher demonstration in 1963 milestone and for those who attended last years Conference Dinner at Telford we had our largest attendance ever of around 650 people at the dinner. Celebrations during our 50th year will be advertised in your local branches and in the Bulletin please support them. As for the future, new fuels and new challenges should ensure the continuation of this Association for many years to come Happy Anniversary!

Letters to the Editor

Sir

Thank you very much for your very kind donation of £2,151.40, given in memory of the late Paul Craven.

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Yours sincerely Mrs Nicola Sellers Fundraising Support Administrator Cancer Research UK Comment regarding APEA2008 Calendar

Thanks Jane. Don't think anyone here can remember actually installing any of these pumps (except maybe June's Wayne) but certainly took a few out. They'd be worth a fortune now.... Well done whoever put it together Regards Fraser Duffin Malthurst Ltd

Jamie/Brian

I would like to thank you for the great work you did to us, I have personally gained a lot from this training course and so too the others, I want to tell you that I have got excellent feedback from all the attendees. Please if you have analyzed the feedback forms share with me the results so I can show it to the management.

Regards Mohammed J Al-Asfoor Bahrain Petroleum Company (B.S.C)

Brian

Just a word of thanks for the recent APEAcourse in Luton. This together with the 'Construction etc' course of the previous week have served to give me more confidence, although I realise I still have much to learn. Best Wishes Nick Evans Bristol City Council

Sir

“Further Testing Times – Ahead?”

Nothing ever stays still in our industry! You are just starting to get used to one set of standards when Hey Presto another comes along and supersedes the one we were just starting to become familiar with.

The latest change is to the Euro norm BSEN 60079 Part 17 (Explosive Atmospheres: Electrical Installations Inspection and Maintenance).

Firstly we should be aware that many technical documents and tenders still refer to BS5345 which was made obsolete in favour of BSEN 60079 Part 17:2003 so still a few organisations need to update themselves.

The latest publication of BSEN 60079 Part 17:2007 (Explosive Atmospheres: Electrical Installations Inspection and Maintenance) was published on the 31st October 2007 and runs concurrently with the previous edition until full adoption of the 2007 document comes into force on the 1st September 2010.

So why the early warning!! Well all parties involved in the filling station and fuel storage business, or works on or inspects and maintains electrical installations or equipment or any