Showcase Your Lube Room

Gregory Heger, Lubrication Specialist,
Great River Energy, Coal Creek Station

This is our world class lube-room at Great River Energy, Coal Creek Station, Underwood North Dakota. This system is set up with three types of lubrication; SHC’s (synthetic), Meropa’s (EP) and R&O’s. There is a desiccant breather on each row, and there is a separate transfer pump for each type of oil. The oil is transferred from 55 gal. drums, (that have been sampled and analyzed) through a 3 micron filter into the storage tanks, insuring clean dry oil from the storage units.

This is one of the oil container storage cabinets at Coal Creek Station. We have replaced all of the old galvanized containers with plastic. Most of the plastic containers have a dispensing tube to reduce the need for a funnel. The Oil Safe container lids are color coded to the types of oil used at our plant site. According to best practice procedures, funnels are stored in ziploc bags and oil containers are labeled, sealed and have the proper MSDS stickers attached. The grease tubes are stored in the upright position with the proper MSDS stickers on them.

Here are two oil-dispensing carts that we have at Coal Creek Station. For contamination control the carts are setup with discharge filters and desiccant breathers. The discharge nozzle is sealed in a plastic bag and stored in a tin box on top of the cart. These carts are also supplied with rags and drip pans for house keeping duties.