Sucker rod pumping systems are a well‐established artificial lift method in oil extraction, valued for their mechanical simplicity and reliability. However, these systems operate under complex ...

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 ...

A new pumping system installed on several wells in Canada allows production from wells previously classified as unproductive, as well as on new wells. Ecoquip Artificial Lift Ltd., Calgary, designed ...

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 ...

A young Lufkin manufacturing subsidiary company, PID Energy, under the parent company, PID Group Inc., unveiled the pumping unit it will build at its facility on Southpark Drive. Scott Slusher, CEO of ...

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, ...

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 ...