Al Khail Gate bans LPG cylinders

Tenants must register with Emirates Gas for composite cylinders by December 15 deadline

The management of Dubai’s Al Khail Gate has notified tenants that steel LPG cylinders will be banned in the community from December 15 and be replaced by composite cylinders.

Developed by Dubai Asset Management (formerly Dubai Properties), the residential community of 9,000 apartments in Al Quoz is the first to switch to composite LPG cylinders after a deadly blast in August 2016. Caused by a gas leak in an apartment, the blast killed an elderly woman, severely injured her daughter and destroyed their apartment.

“As of December 15, 2018, steel LPG cylinder distributors will be prohibited from entering the community. So in case you have not registered already for the LPG composite cylinders, we encourage you do to so to avoid any disruption by visiting https://communities. emiratesgas.com and apply for a new connection,” the management said in a notice to tenants last Thursday.

The previous deadline to register for the new type of cylinder was last August 30.

The management has partnered with Emirates Gas to supply the cylinders, saying that a single supplier offers better safety and monitoring.

Generally made of helically woven fibres combined with resin, the composite cylinders are believed to be explosionproof as they can withstand a burst pressure twice as high as that of conventional metal cylinders.

In an earlier notice, the management announced that the registration fee will be Dh350 plus VAT. “This fee includes registration, one regulator and one filled in cylinder. If you return your current empty cylinder that you are using to EMGAS, Dh50 will be refunded. The gas refill fee will be at Dh86 plus VAT per cylinder,” it said.