Safety – (Cylinder Information)
New European Regulations (EN 1089-3) governing the colour coding of transportable gas cylinders are due to come into force across Europe. These new Regulations will replace the old UK standard BS 349 colour scheme.

What does it mean?

The result will mean you will see some dramatic cylinder colour changes to certain of our product ranges. The changes will be phased in over the next few years.

ENERGAS plan to have all cylinders painted in the new colours within the next five years.

The new system is based on providing a European wide conformity on colours for the shoulder of a cylinder (top) this will be particularly valuable in identifying cylinders in an emergency situation when the cylinder label is not clearly visible.

New Cylinder Shoulder Colours

Flammable	Red
Oxidising	Blue
Toxic	Yellow
Inert	Bright Green
Argon	Dark Green
Oxygen	White
Nitrogen	Black
Carbon Dioxide	Grey

IMPORTANT!!

It is very important for you and your staff to read the cylinder identification label attached to the cylinder. This is the primary means of identifying the cylinder and its contents. The cylinder shoulder colour is an acceptable means of identification, only in a safety or emergency situation.

Do not use any cylinder until the label has been inspected.

Click on the cylinder for Safety Data/Handling and Storage information

To view these data sheets, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader

OXYGEN 017	ARGON 007
HIGH PURITY NITROGEN (OXYGEN FREE) 015	AIR - INDUSTRIAL 010
CARBON DIOXIDE 009	MIGWELD 013
HELIUM 011	HELIWELD 014
PROPANE 018	HYDROGEN 012

Other information is available for the following gases, click on a gas below for further details:-

DISSOLVED ACETYLENE 005

001R Liquid Nitrogen (Refrigerated) 002R Liquid Argon (Refrigerated) 003R Carbon Dioxide (Refrigerated) 004R Liquid Oxygen (Refrigerated) 005 Acetylene (Dissolved) 006 Ammonia (Anhydrous) 007 Argon (Compressed) 008 Butane 009 Carbon Dioxide (Compressed) 010 Compressed Air 011 Helium (Compressed) 012 Hydrogen (Compressed) 013 Migweld (Simple Asphyxiating Compressed Gas – Heavier than Air) 014 Heliweld (Simple Asphyxiating Compressed Gas – Heavier than Air) 015 Nitrogen (Compressed) 016 Nitrous Oxide 017 Oxygen (Compressed) 018 Propane 019 Flammable Compressed Gas (Heavier than Air) 020 Flammable Compressed Gas (Lighter than Air) 021 Simple Asphyxiating Compressed Gas (Heavier than Air) 022 Extremely Flammable Compressed Gas (Heavier than Air) 023 Extremely Flammable Compressed Gas (Lighter than Air) 024 Natural Gas 025 Oxidising Compressed Gas Mixture (Heavier than Air) 026 Sulphur Dioxide 027 Simple Asphyxiating Compressed Gas (Lighter than Air)