An oil leakage detector and container for use in the detection and containment of low pressure oil leaks from the polish rod seal of an oil well pump head stuffing box having connection to an oil well head T, said oil leakage detector and container comprising:
- a hollow, cylindrical container having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a cylindrical side surface formed of sheet material and divided into a first and a second semicylindrical portion;
- said first and said second semicylindrical portion each having an upper edge, a lower edge, and first and second side edges, with each corresponding said upper edge, said lower edge, and said first and second side edges mating with one another to provided closure means for said oil leakage detector and container;
- said oil leakage detector and container further including a central upper opening and a central lower opening each having gasket means disposed therearound, with said central upper opening, said central lower opening, and said gasket means each divided in half, with each said half of said central upper opening, said central lower opening, and said gasket means respectively residing in said first and said second semicylindrical portion;
- said central lower opening including a first and a second lower collar half respectively extending upward from said bottom surface of said first and second semicylindrical half and each having a respective upper edge, with each said upper edge having said lower opening gasket means secured thereto, whereby;
- said first and said second lower collar half and said lower opening gasket means define an inset within said bottom surface with said inset providing for the seating of said oil leakage detector and container upon a well head fitting, and said lower opening gasket means is raised above said bottom surface to preclude saturation by oil collected within said oil leakage detector and container;
- said bottom surface including a sump asymmetrically disposed therein and extending therebelow;
- said sump including fluid level detection means disposed therein with said fluid level detection means communicating with a remote sump oil quantity signal means, and a sump bottom with drain means disposed in said sump bottom, whereby;
- said oil leakage detector and container is closed by means of said first semicylindrical portion and said second semicylindrical portion when installed at an oil well head T to enclose a well head stuffing box within said oil leakage detector and container, with said gasket means of said lower opening closely fitting about the connection between the stuffing box and the well head T and said gasket means of said upper opening closely fitting about the polish rod extending from the stuffing box, thereby collecting oil escaping from the stuffing box along the polish rod within said oil leakage detector and container with the oil collecting in said sump, and said fluid level detection means activating said remote sump oil quantity signal means to provide a signal when the sump oil quantity has reached a predetermined level.