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Uploaded by on Jan 29, 2008

photos and video of some slow turning oil field stationary engines

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  • how much oil comes out of well per stroke?

  • @yachtnick05 I don't know exactly but if you figure the diameter of the pipe and the stroke length, it can't be more than a few gallons, but it does that 24/7/365 and that is a lot.

  • Great video, but I'm curious what the constant "scouring" noise is in

    the background? A superhighway, a factory? Also noticed "chemtrails"

    in the sky. If you're wondering about those, check out the video:

    "What In The World Are They Spraying?" by Ed Griffin.

  • @4freespeech I think the noise you are referring to is the wind. I amnot much on clouds but probably cirrus clouds I did not have any unusual symptoms, visits by black helicopters or visits by government agents after making this video. Who knows though, the urge to eat rotting flesh may be supressed until the government notifies me through the sounds in my head.

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  • Very Good!! Growing up in Texas I am familiar with wide open spaces and the popping sound of an oilfield pumpjack.

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  • chemtrails....hahaha! that's a good one.

    It's a DDT truck being pulled by A Stealth fighter.

  • @glitch1 Ya got me on that one. I have no idea what pipeline they use.

  • time waste !!!

  • The pump jacks pump oil into "tank-batteries", groups of 2-3 tanks sitting in the midst of several wells. Then, when full, that oil is let out into a gathering system. In areas where the oil is very thick, they have what the old guys called "heater-treater" units that warmed the oil before they sent it down line. These old single-cylinder engines were started by hand. My dad used to engage the magneto and then spin the flywheel. Once running, the belt running the pumpjack would be engaged.

  • @rbodell i'm probably less knowledgeable than you but don't these pumps feed into the Permian Basin Pipeline? about the only place i've seen these is out along I-10 on my trips from el paso to austin

  • Awesome machines!

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