Gas safety - Useful links

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• UKOPA: United Kingdom Onshore Pipeline Operators' Association
• UKOOA: United Kingdom Offshore Operators' Association
• National Grid (previously known as Transco): operates the high pressure National Transmission System and the gas distribution systems in North West England, East of England, West Midlands and London.
• Northern Gas Networks: operates the gas distribution system from the Scottish border to South Yorkshire.
• Wales and West Utilities: operates the gas distribution system in Wales and South West England.
• Scotland Gas Networks: operates the gas distribution system in Scotland.
• Southern Gas Networks: operates the gas distribution system in the South of England.
• Linesearch: Provides a single point of contact for all initial enquiries relating to the apparatus owned and/or operated by a number of Pipeline Operators
• Linewatch: promotes greater awareness of buried oil/gas pipelines and the safety precautions that are required when working near to them, therefore protecting personnel and the environment.
• Ofgem: Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, Ofgem is the economic regulator for Britain's gas and electricity markets.
• DECC Oil and Gas:: Department of Energy and Climate Change