Paper: Maintenance Of Oil Field Pumping Units

When it becomes necessary to put an oil well on the pump, the operator is usually faced with an investment of many thousands of dollars in some means of artificial lift. By far the most successful and the most generally accepted type of artificial lift is the beam type pumping unit. Many years of research and testing have gone into the design and development of the modern pumping unit. Advancements in metallurgy and the most up-to-date machine tools go into its manufacture. All these improvements in design and technique of manufacture are of little value if the equipment is installed improperly on the well, operated incorrectly, or is poorly maintained.