pumpjack
Beam pumps petroleum
A pumpjack is the mechanical device used to extract oil from underground wells when natural pressure is insufficient.
Its distinctive shape—a pivoting beam that rocks up and down, driving a rod into the earth—dots oil fields worldwide.
Also called a nodding donkey, horsehead pump, or beam pump.
Pumpjacks lined the horizon across the Texas plains.
Cranium of a horse
- beamStructural support member
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- crankRotary operating handle
- fulcrumLever's balance point
rocker · upstroke · downstroke · reciprocating · oscillation · gearbox · motor · prime mover
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
lease · field · wildcatting · barrel · upstream · exploration · onshore · offshore
horsehead
Cranium of a horse
- beamStructural support member
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- crankRotary operating handle
fulcrum · rocker · upstroke · downstroke · reciprocating · oscillation · gearbox · motor · prime mover · plunger
petroleum
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
rig · lease · field · wildcatting · barrel · upstream · exploration · onshore · offshore · oil patch
grasshopper
Jumping insect, long legs
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- TexasSecond-largest American state
- OklahomaSouth Central U.S. state
oilfield · prairie · horizon · iconic · rural · industrial · sunset · plains
wellhead
Surface opening of bore
- productionMaking or generating something
- flow rateVolume through per time
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
downhole · tubing · casing · perforations · formation · oil well · pumping · lifting · recovery
- oil industrypetroleum, oil fields, oil well, oil rig, oil production
- Rural Texaslonghorn, bluebonnet, mesquite, Panhandle, ranch
- oilfield equipmentdrilling rig, oil rig, offshore rig, derrick, rotary drill
- offshore industryoffshore rig, semisubmersible, floating platform, helipad, subsea
pumpjackwind turbine
Kinetic air energy converter
solar panel array · wind farm · solar farm · hydroelectric generator · geothermal plant