A pilot project on a portable variable-speed-drive and load cell for obtaining counterbalance effect (CBE) data in the Duri steamflood improved the sucker-rod pumping efficiency from wells that had ...

A study of a mature onshore field with more than 70 rod-pumped wells found several ways for improving pumping operations. The profitability of rod pumping is a direct function of the energy ...

Lufkin Industries Inc. has agreed to buy substantially all of Quinn's Oilfield Supply Ltd. for $303 million in cash. Quinn’s, of Red Deer, Alb., manufacturers specialty oilfield pumps, and is among ...

Key insight: All lift systems target the same physics: reduce mixture density or add head so that nodal balance at the wellbore yields the desired rate. 2.3 Select lift method aligned to fluid, depth, ...

A Lufkin company will soon begin building oil pumping units with components made solely in the United States. PID Services, Inc. is launching a new branch, PID Energy, to manufacture oil and gas ...