--- title: Oil Skimmers, Inc. Blog | power plant description: power plant | Removing oil from process water, coolant, and wastewater in all industries --- [![OSI-Logo-for-Salesforce.png](https://blog.oilskim.com/hs-fs/hubfs/OSI-Logo-for-Salesforce.png?width=224&height=45&name=OSI-Logo-for-Salesforce.png "OSI-Logo-for-Salesforce.png")](http://www.oilskim.com/) ![icon-phone](https://blog.oilskim.com/hs-fs/file-219300840-png/images/icon-phone.png) +1 (440) 237-4600 # Oil Removal Solutions Blog ## [Power Plants:  4 Factors to Help You Select the Right Oil Skimmer](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/waste-oil-removal-power-plants) Posted by [Jim Petrucci](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/author/jim-petrucci) on Feb 4, 2019 11:00:00 AM **Whether your power plant is coal-fired, gas-fired, hydroelectric or nuclear, petroleum-based products like fuel, hydraulic fluid and lubricating greases and oils are **critical to operational success**. Supporting numerous lubricant connections, bearings, hydraulic seals and moving equipment parts, such as pumps, conveyors, feeders, scrubbers, cranes, turbines and more—it’s inevitable that these petroleum-based products will find their way into the process, cooling, or cleaning water that flows throughout a plant—posing operational challenges.  **Typically, this oily or greasy water flows to one of four places within a power plant:** [Read More](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/waste-oil-removal-power-plants) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/waste-oil-removal-power-plants#comments) Topics: [power plant](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/power-plant), [oil removal](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/oil-removal), [skim oil](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/skim-oil), [waste oil](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/waste-oil), [oil skimmer](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/oil-skimmer) ## [4 Ways Automated Oil Skimmers Save Power Plants Time and Money](https://blog.oilskim.com/bid/331804/4-ways-automated-oil-skimmers-save-power-plants-time-and-money) Posted by [Ken Gray](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/author/ken-gray) on Aug 30, 2013 10:25:00 AM The pumps, conveyors, cranes and turbines that make power generation possible operate with numerous moving parts. Lubricants help keep these critical components moving continuously so power-generation plants can meet ever-increasing electricity demand. [Read More](https://blog.oilskim.com/bid/331804/4-ways-automated-oil-skimmers-save-power-plants-time-and-money) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.oilskim.com/bid/331804/4-ways-automated-oil-skimmers-save-power-plants-time-and-money#comments) Topics: [vacuum truck](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/vacuum-truck), [power plant](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/power-plant), [absorbent pads](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/absorbent-pads), [slotted pipe](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/slotted-pipe), [oil skimmers](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/oil-skimmers), [oil](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/topic/oil) [All posts](https://blog.oilskim.com/blog/all) ### Subscribe via E-mail ### Latest Posts ### Follow Oil Skimmers, Inc. ### Skimmer types, sizes and models ##### Oil Skimmers, Inc. 12800 York Road North Roylaton, OH 44133 USA ## +1 (440) 237-4600 [![](https://blog.oilskim.com/hs-fs/file-218800934-png/images/contact-btn.png)](http://www.oilskim.com/contact-us) ![footer-logo](https://blog.oilskim.com/hs-fs/hub/270257/file-218815054.png) [Privacy Policy](http://www.oilskim.com/privacy-policy) | [Oil Skimmers, Inc. is an investment of **Danville Partners, LLC.**](http://www.danvillepartners.com)