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 ...

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 ...

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 ...