Incorrect labelling caused Tuesday blackout

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

German company, STEAG Energy Services recently took over maintenance and operation services of the Morupule B power station from Chinese National Electric Equipment Corporation (CNEEC). A few weeks into the job, the Germans have already identified one of the problems at the plant. They came into the picture to rectify things at the plant after CNEEC and government fell out.

One of the first things to be identified, according to insiders at Morupule B, was that wrong labelling caused the outage.

“The Chinese had labelled two different valves with the same name, Jacking Oil, instead of one being labelled Lubrication Oil. Normally when the unit is running Jacking Oil Valve is open while Lubricating Oil Valve is closed.

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