BS EN ISO 15138:2018 - Page 4

Petroleum and natural gas industries. Offshore production installations. Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning. | Status: Confirmed, Current

1 Scope This document specifies requirements and provides guidance for the design, testing, installation and commissioning of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and pressurization systems, and equipment on all offshore production installations for the petroleum and natural gas industries that are

• — new or existing,
• — normally occupied by personnel or not normally occupied by personnel, and
• — fixed or floating but registered as an offshore production installation.

This document is normally applicable to the overall facilities. For installations that can be subject to “Class” or “IMO/MODU Codes & Resolutions”, the user is referred to HVAC requirements under these rules and resolutions. When these requirements are less stringent than those being considered for a fixed installation, then it is necessary that this document, i.e. requirements for fixed installations, be utilized.