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2. Pumpjack - Wikipedia

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   Oilfield pumpjack in Hockley County, Texas Sometimes, however, crank-balanced units can become prohibitively heavy due to the need for counterweights. Lufkin Industries offer "air-balanced" units, where counterbalance is provided by a pneumatic cylinder charged with air from a compressor , eliminating the need for counterweights.

3. List of oilfield service companies - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of oilfield service companies – which provide services to the petroleum exploration and production industry but do not typically produce petroleum. In the list, notable subsidiary companies and divisions are listed as sub-lists of their current parent companies.

4. List of Texas companies - Wikipedia

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   Austin: 1996 Video games P A AT&T: Conglomerate - Dallas: 1983 Telecommunications, technology, entertainment P A Atmos Energy: Oil & gas Pipelines Dallas: 1906 Natural gas distribution, Energy P A Baker Hughes: Oil & gas Oil equipment & services Houston: 1907 Oil field services P A Beal Bank: Financials Banks Plano: 1988 Banking P A Bell ...

5. Glossary of oilfield jargon - Wikipedia

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   Pumper: A worker whose job is to monitor and maintain active oil and gas wells. Rat hole: A hole on the drilling rig floor used to store the kelly and swivel. Roughneck: an honor reserved for the top tier members of a drilling crew. Sidetrack: A planned deviation from a previously drilled section of the wellbore.

6. East Texas Oil Field - Wikipedia

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   The East Texas Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering 140,000 acres (57,000 ha) and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the second-largest oil field in the United States outside Alaska, and first in total volume of oil recovered since its discovery in 1930. [ 1 ]

7. Roustabout - Wikipedia

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   An oil field roustabout will also do all things that an oil field pumper would have to do. However, they frequently turn out to be long-term employees and take on more difficult and sometimes dangerous jobs as they gain experience. Most go on to at least become “roughnecks” if they work for the rig company for more than a few months.