Oil well in central California

pumping 35 gravity oil near Elk Hills Field

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[eragondiamond123]

Hi! I would like to know what oil pumping unit are called! May u please tell me asap beause it is part of my science fair. Oil sand extraction.

[californiacrude]

It is a Lufkin air balance unit, the size is a 912 (which is the gearbox rating, 912,000 pound torque) and It has 144 inches of stroke legnth. The engine is a natual gas powered Waukesha, size 817 (817 cubic inches of displacement) The Well is about 6000 feet deep. Hope this helps you on your project.

[californiacrude]

Waukesha GZU-145 (or 817) 817 cubic inch, 6 cyl. engine. built in 1945 and still pulling up the good stuff.

[InverterDrive]

I thought these smaller air balanced units are for shallower wells only. if you get one with a lower gear ratio could you drill even deeper?

[eragondiamond123]

Thank you so much.! So, is it a booster pump chance? Thank you so much for your time to give me this info, though I am sorry to say the I just wanted to know what oil pmuping units are called in general. I am in Fort Mcmurray, so you would know that it is a oil city. Thank you again!

[moneytalksnbswalks]

Hey I live in Kern County where Elk Hills Petroleum Reserve is at. I work for Nabors Well Services and I didn't know this but Elk Hills, which is owned by Occidental Petroleum (OXY), makes about $3 BILLION on a quarterly basis from their oil profits. Crazy. I didn't think they had that kind of money here!

[InverterDude]

I prefer the electric drive units, quieter and don't pollute as much

[derekdz]

What type of engine is running this unit