Belt Drive Unit

An oil well pumped by a belt driven unit (Weatherford Rotaflex) in the midway sunset oilfield, California

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• oil
• well
• pumped
• by
• belt
• driven
• unit
• Weatherford
• Rotaflex
• midway
• sunset
• oilfield
• California
• crude

[albusmackinficker]

Thanks for explaining. But if a longer stroke is better, then why use them on only a few wells?

[californiacrude]

My guess would be, cost, maintaince and avalibility?????

[californiacrude]

you can get such a long stroke out of this unit compared to conventional units, more volume, less wear.

[pixuma]

is this near bakersfield?

I remember seeing one of these on a drive to bakersfield about 8 years ago and i've been trying to figure out what type it was ever since lol.

[EdnRoxy]

i've worked on these units they fucken suck inch and an eighth rods fourty foot pumps fucken bullshit wells. lol jk they're alright i guess no horse head at least but mainly three and a half pipe and deep too nine thousand footers.

[RainJetSprinklers]

Want to see a weird well? Check out National oilwell varco's Corlift 18-120

[ptscao]

good ol rotofelx i just pulled one back the other day so the service rig could come in but they ended up pickling the well in cas its a shitty field

[OSUOiler]

These units bug me - where is the beam, the head, the cranks!?

[sooley101]

weatherford does strap jacks?

[jose8jr]

i used to set this rotaflexes when i worked for weatherford.

[railheadok]

Belt units with this tremendously long stroke are used here in Oklahoma on wells that produce lots of fluid (water) as compared to the amount of oil produced. With a "standard stroke" pump jack you spend most of your time pumping mostly water.

[albusmackinficker]

Should've done some searching before posting this... Here's the company's website:

"Weatherford's unique-designed Rotaflex® pumping units feature a stroke length of up to 25½-ft and an innovative 100% mechanical reversing mechanism design. These units have been phenomenally successful in providing greater efficiency and lower operating costs in deep, troublesome and high-volume wells."

Deep and "troublesome" wells, huh?