beam pumps are the familiar jack pumps seen on onshore oil wells. Above the surface, the beam pumping system rocks back and forth. This is connected to a string of rods called the sucker rods ...

This silent 1930s black-and-white footage captures scenes from the oil industry, including tanks, wells in residential neighborhoods (potentially Oklahoma), and wells flaring. The film provides an ...

The 17-year-old boy and his friend jumped an 8-foot fence Sunday to play with a pump jack, a common piece of oil field equipment that rocks up and down to lift oil out of a well. He turned on the ...