Showcase Your Lube Room

Robert Walker, Oil Specialist,
Cedar Bayou Power Station, Texas Genco

Attached are two photos of the oil storage facility at Cedar Bayou Power station located in Houston, TX. part of Texas Genco a subsidiary of Centerpoint Energy.

The first picture shows our use of Oil Safe dispensing containers for temporary storage and transportation of lubricants, no other containers are allowed to be used for oil dispersing.

Containers are checked and cleaned weekly to insure cleanliness is maintained, each container is well marked for the type lubricant used in that container and each container is stored in a marked spot on the shelves to help prevent accidental use of the wrong oil.

A lubrication list is provided listing each type of machinery and the lubricant used for that equipment. Also shown are the IFH storage and dispersing containers used for storing bulk top off oils. Each container is filled through a three micron absolute filter and all container vents are tube into a desiccant breather.

Each container is well marked with type and brand of oil on the container and at the dispersing nozzle. As shown gloves, paper towels and oil absorbent cloth are kept on hand should the need arise or an oil spill occurs.

The second picture shows our bulk storage for lubricants, we converted from fifty five gallon barrels to five gallon pails which provides easier inventory, ease of handling should a larger quantity of oil be needed up on the unit. Enough of each oil type is kept on hand to do a complete change out of the largest reservoir that uses that particular oil and no more than can be used in a six month period insuring that all oils are kept will within self life parameters.

The storage facility is completely enclosed to protect the lubricants stored there safe from outside weather. Vent fans are provided to help control temperature during hotter months.