§ 15. Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the installation of emergency shut down valves on offshore oil platforms.
§ Mr. MoynihanOf the 193 valves required to be fitted as a result of the Offshore Installations (Emergency Pipe-line Valve) Regulations 1989, 164 have now been fitted. In a further 13 cases, work is either in hand on the installation of the valves or the pipelines are shut down until the work can be performed. In 16 cases temporary exemptions have been granted until 31 March 1991 only, with stringent safety conditions attached, after which time these pipelines will also be shut down for the valves to be installed.