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A diagram of a pumpjack. A pumpjack is the overground drive for a reciprocating piston pump in an oil well. [1] It is used to mechanically lift liquid out of the well if there is not enough bottom hole pressure for the liquid to flow all the way to the surface. The arrangement is often used for onshore wells. Pumpjacks are common in oil-rich areas.
The pumpjack, such as this one located south of Midland, is a common sight in West Texas. An oil well is a drillhole boring in Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface. Usually some natural gas is released as associated petroleum gas along with the oil.
A sucker rod is a steel rod, typically between 7 and 9 metres (25 and 30 ft) in length, and threaded at both ends, used in the oil industry to join together the surface and downhole components of a reciprocating piston pump installed in an oil well. The pumpjack is the visible above-ground drive for the well pump, and is connected to the ...
Oil pump may refer to: Hydraulic pump, which pressurizes hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic system; Oil pump (internal combustion engine), a part of the lubrication system that pressurizes motor oil for distribution around the engine; Pumpjack, often used to pump oil out of wells; Submersible pump, often used to pump oil out of wells
Oil pump jack near Midland, Texas. Photo credit: Flickr/Paul Lowry America's energy boom is reaching new heights. Its latest feat has it ascending past Wall Street according to data from the U.S ...
Artificial lift is the use of artificial means to increase the flow of liquids, such as crude oil or water, from a production well. Generally this is achieved by the use of a mechanical device inside the well (known as pump or velocity string) or by decreasing the weight of the hydrostatic column by injecting gas into the liquid some distance down the well.
An oil pump jack works on the prairies near Claresholm, Alberta, Canada, on January 18. - Todd Korol/Reuters. Another factor is the time of year. Gas prices are typically near a low for the year ...
Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas, U.S. ... Williams extracted 1.5 million litres of crude oil by 1860, refining much of it into kerosene lamp oil.