Oil and Case Service List

Which services should you be performing and how often?

Oil and Case Service List
Service	Area of the Unit/Plant	Technical description of why service is performed	Issues service is elimination	Frequency of Service
Steamblowing	All	Clean mill scale and construction debris from steam lines to rotating equipment.	Particulate that is harmful to valves and rotating equipment.	New construction, modification of in-service lines.
Hydrolazing	All	Remove mill scale and other weld debris. Also, various deposits from in service use if necessary.	Remove weld slag and mill scale on new construction. Remove deposits from in service use.	New construction, or in service.
High Velocity Lube Oil Flushing	All	FD Fan turbines, boiler feed water pumps and turbines, turbines and compressors.	Clean lines to prevent premature bearing failures, or varnish removal for in service use.	New construction, or in service.
Varnish Mitigation	All	Hydraulic, Turbine, Compressor Lubricants subjected to oxidation.	Clean Varnish Deposits the "plate" out to critical components.	Preventative Maintenance - based on annual oil analysis.
Chemical Cleaning	Boilers	Pre-operational requirement or in service.	Eliminates mill scale in pre-operational and other deposits on in service cleaning.	New construction, or in service.
Chemical Cleaning - Pickle/Passivation	Carbon Steel Piping / Vessels	Pre-operational requirement or in service.	Eliminates iron scale and other deposits created by water / humid conditions on carbon steel.	New construction, or in service.
Degreasing	Boilers	Pre-operational requirement or in service.	Eliminates oil and greases in pre-operational and other deposits on in service cleaning.	New construction, or in service.
Pigging	Gas lines	Remove debris and/or water.	Hydrotest water and construction debris on pre-operational use.	New construction.
Slug Flushing	Pipe lines	Remove construction debris.	Used on smaller lines that hydrolazing cannot be used on.	New construction.
Airblowing	Pipe lines	Remove construction debris.	Used to remove construction debris.	New construction.