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The nature of the pipe contents shall be identified by means of a Three Band Colour Code Identification Band
System , colors are as specified in Norsok DP-002 The outer bands, which will be the same color, are the
Basic/Primary Identification Bands (PIB) and the middle band is the Safety/ Secondary Identification Band
(SIB). The arrangement is shown in Figure 1.
The width requirements for the PIB’s and SIB shall be the same for all pipe sizes over 6” diameter, with
narrower band widths being used for pipe sizes varying from 2” to 6” diameter. The dimensions shall be as
follows Table -1
Table -1
2” to 6” inclusive 75 mm 50 mm
Colour Coding Bands shall be provided on both sides of and adjacent to valves, tees, important fittings, wall
entries and overpasses and outboard of flanges to and from equipment such as vessels, tanks, exchangers,
compressors and pumps
Colour coding bands shall be provided at uniform intervals, not less than 30m and not more than 50m
depending on the complexity and pipe run lengths, along horizontal and up vertical sections of pipework and at
all feed points. Where multiple lines run close to each other, such as in common pipe racks, the line numbers and
flow direction shall be located directly in line with one another at positions that are readily visible.
For Valves, the full valve body shall be painted with the SIB for the relevant fluid group. The full Color code
shall be applied both sides of the valve, to the adjacent pipework.
For Control Valves, the valve bonnet and actuator or hand wheel /lever, shall be painted with one of the
following two colours, to indicate whether the Control Valve is designed to fail open or fail closed as shown in
figure 2
The additional use of Colored Labels giving the full or abbreviated product description, temperature, pressure, and
other details necessary to identify any potential hazard, together with the appropriate visual aids and hazard
pictorial symbols, is to be encouraged. Such labels and markings shall not, however, be considered as a substitute
for the Color coding, whose application is considered mandatory.
Where applied, labels shall be brief and informative and written in English. The text size for different pipe
diameters shall be as specified in Table -2
The background colour of the label shall be similar to that of the appropriate PIB, ideally with appropriate
SIB contrasting text colour,.
The length of the labels shall vary from 200 to 800mm and they shall be applied adjacent to the CCIB
locations.
Labeling shall be in the form of painting or self-adhesive plastic labels. Plastic labels shall be of high performance
type suitable for marine environment.
Line Numbering
In addition to being Colour Coded, each pipe system, pipeline and valve shall be individually identified by marking
them in accordance with the BW Equipment Identification and Tag Numbering System, The required identification
markings relate to pipe size, service, design, area code and ownership code. All characters used shall be in upper
case. No separators, hyphens, punctuation marks or spaces are allowed.
The line number and the flow direction shall be stenciled on each pipe section and pipeline together with the CCIB,
to provide the pipework with unique traceability. The identification markings shall be stenciled on the pipe a
distance of approximately 400 mm from the edge of the outer colour band. Letter size shall be equal to half of the
pipe diameter for pipe between 2” and 12” diameter, with a minimum height of 1” for smaller pipe sizes and a
maximum height of 6” for larger pipe sizes.
Line identification markings shall be stenciled in black directly onto the light grey/white decorative background.
Colour RAL
Grey RAL 7001
Black RAL 9005
Yellow RAL 1021
White RAL 9010
Orange RAL 2003
Blue RAL 5005
Light Blue RAL 5012
Green RAL 6018
Electric Green RAL 6037
Brown RAL 8001
Silver RAL 9006
Red RAL 3000
Violet RAL 9010
Yellow ochre RAL 1021
Beige RAL 1001