The Chief Controller of Explosives (CCOE) is another name for the Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization (PESO). The safety requirements for the manufacture, importers, exporters, sellers, storage, transit, and handling of explosives, combustible materials, pressure vessels, petroleum, and compressed gases are managed, controlled, and looked after by this organization. Additionally, it controls and manages Indian petrol stations. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is in charge of PESO, an independent regulatory authority.

The oil and gas industry’s mandatory approval mechanism for products that deal with gases, are used in the oil industry, or must withstand severely corrosive environments is described in PESO Certification. Nagpur, Maharashtra, is home to PESO’s headquarters.

The SMPV(U) Rules,1981

Some of the prime rules associating with the PESO certificate are as follows:

1.The Chief Controller must approve all 1981 drawings, designs, specifications, and codes. According to this rule, the Chief Controller is the qualified individual who is an expert for performing the test, examination, inspections, and certification of the installation and transport vehicles.

2.The district authority must issue no-objection certificates or notify the applicants in writing of their reluctance to do so, together with reasons, within two months, according to a new sub-rule of Rule 47(7).

3.General Exemptions – Vessels that are a part of a processing facility are exempt from all of the provisions of these regulations. For this rule, vessels forming part of a processing plant are defined as vessels in which a unit process or unit operation is performed. And vessels that contain, as a process requirement, a compressed gas that is received from and consumed in the same processing plant, provided that the water capacity of the vessel or vessels is such that the gas stored therein at the maximum working pressure does not exceed the requirement for feeding the consuming point(s).

4.Limitation on Manufacturer, Filling and Import
      a)No one is allowed to transport or fill a vessel with compressed gas unless the vessel complies with one of the types, standards,  or codes listed in rule 12.
     b)No vessel permitted under sub-rule (1) may be produced without the Chief Controller’s prior approval.
     c)No one may import a vessel without the Chief Controller’s prior consent.

5.Restraint on Delivery & Dispatch
    a)Any compressed gas that has been loaded into a vessel may not be sent to anyone besides the owner of a storage permission issued in accordance with these rules, a port administration, or a railroad administration.
   b)Any compressed gas provided or delivered in accordance with subparagraph (1) shall not be in excess of the amount that the recipient’s license permits him to store.

6.Children aged under 18 and intoxicated persons is prohibited

7.Fires, lights, and smoking, etc., at any time in proximity to the places are prohibited where any compressed gas is stored, transported or handled in a vessel.

8.Person in charge of supervision and operation on the licensed property must be knowledgeable about the machinery and should be trained enough in handling hazardous materials.

9.Vessels except when they are opened for the purposes of filling, cleaning, or making them gas-free, all empty vessels carrying combustible or toxic gases must be kept securely closed until they have been cleaned or released of the gas, as the case may be.

10.Any alteration to the machine or pressure vessel must be submitted for inspection prior to its usage again.