Paper: Installation and Care of Beam Pumping Units

When it becomes necessary to put an oil well on the pump, the operator is usually faced with an investment of several thousand dollars in some means of artificial lift. By far the most successful and most generally accepted type of artificial lift is the beam type pumping unit. Many years of research and testing have gone into the design 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 in the equipment is not installed properly on the well or operated correctly. For the operator to get the most from his investment in a pumping unit, he should operate the unit as the manufacturer intended it to be used and within its nameplate rating.