Expert Lubrication Services

Comprehensive Leak Detection

Service Data Sheet

Description

During this expert service, ExxonMobil Industrial Lubricants

field engineers will:

• Use advanced ultrasonic leak detection or ultraviolet dye technology to

locate costly lubricant and other leaks in critical plant systems

• Use inspection data to establish the optimum time to replace or repair

leaks in critical components or equipment such as compressors,
receivers, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, reservoirs, and piping/hoses

• Recommend maintenance practices to help prevent or reduce

system leakage

• Locate and document safety, health, and environmental issues associated with leaks

Application

ExxonMobil Industrial Lubricants field engineers work with local plant maintenance and engineering personnel to:

• Develop an inspection plan based on system type, such as:

- Pressurized plant air and vacuum systems

- Non-pressurized vessels (storage facilities)
- Engine air intake, exhaust, and coolant systems
- Hydraulic and circulating oil systems

• Systematically inspect components from fluid source to destination (e.g., from the compressor to various use points in a
plant air system)

• Record and tag all detected leaks and ascertain relative severity

• Compare the results with previous inspection data (if applicable)

• Prepare an Engineering Service Report that:

- Documents conditions observed

- Includes recommendations to repair leaks and maintenance practices to help reduce or prevent future system leakage
- Documents estimated value of the service to the customer

• Present and distribute the completed report to plant management and key personnel
Potential Benefits Common Opportunity Areas

Potential benefits could include the following: • Seal incompatibility with specific blends of mineral and
synthetic lubricants
• Safety and environmental improvements
• Seal swell, shrinkage, or wear
- Lower plant-wide slipping hazards from oil leak exposure
- Lower plant-wide high-decibel exposure by repairing • Hose rubs, oxidation, or internal hose wear from high-
pressurized air leaks pressure turbulent flow

- Reduced exposure to flying dust and debris caused by • Tubing ferrule fatigue
pressurized air leaks
• Loosened fittings from vibration
- Lower exposure to hot oil burns caused by high-pressure
oil leaks • Temperatures too high or too low

• Reduced electrical power consumption • Pressures too high

• Reduced lubricant consumption • Maintenance practices

• Decreased waste streams

• Reduced unscheduled downtime

Safety, Health, and Environment

ExxonMobil Industrial Lubricants field engineers:

• Increased production of acceptable parts
• Are attuned to the hazards of handling, storage, and use of
• Lower maintenance labor costs
petroleum products
• Lower inventory of replacement parts
• Coordinate efforts through designated plant personnel

Deliverables • Strictly observe the site’s safety rules and ExxonMobil’s

safety practices
An Engineering Service Report that identifies the leakage
conditions observed, recommended steps to stop the leaks, • Verify equipment electrical and mechanical lockout, proper

maintenance practices to reduce or prevent their recurrence, tagging, and potential explosion hazards prior to working on

and estimated value of the service to the customer. or inspecting equipment

• Provide recommendations to help reduce the hazards

associated with spill, leakage, and fire

• Provide applicable product safety data (material safety data

sheets) for the lubricants supplied by ExxonMobil

• Are available to support company-required safety training

• For ExxonMobil Planned Engineering Service (PES)

customers, work with plant personnel to integrate safety and
health parameters into program objectives

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