Oil Wells for Beginners - How does an oil well work?

[@SeniorGymBro-Tom]

“Donkey Rig” was the term that I first heard for this unit, when I began working for SOHIO (Std. Oil of Ohio) in 1982. Years later I was told that Pump Jack is the “technical” name for the unit.😁

[@PaulNiko-j4s]

It's called Beam Pump

[@puget07]

Pump Jack is the common "oil patch" term but it is actually a Walking Beam Pump or often times just Beam Pump.

[@s.gonzalez7626]

Thanks! I appreciate the simplicity of your explanation in this topic.

[@varuns8327]

Excellent explanation sir. My best wishes for everything. God bless you sir 👍

[@pwaveqrs1]

Great video. Thanks for the clear explanation and work putting this video together.

[@HenryKimondo]

Very nice presentation- Thank you !

[@VeeVeeVeeVeeVeeVeesHoppinout]

Thank You, spokesman for Billy Bob Thornton

[@tundeomoju755]

Great exposé... simple to understand, thanks!

[@seemarajderkar3019]

Very well explained. Thanks.

[@henrycarlson7514]

a fine reminder of where crude oil starts

[@royfrazor7337]

It also contains helium here in chavez County.

[@rolandplett]

That’s really interesting. Thanks for adding that.

[@PurMutDuot-lz9ww]

that's great job, I like it.

[@tommyboit9494]

Lots of ppl going to watch your video after watching the new tv series "Landman."

[@VeeVeeVeeVeeVeeVeesHoppinout]

THEE ONLY reason I am here😂

[@Imprasario]

Same here!

[@jeffu3248]

Thank you!

[@chideraking9803]

Great job 👍

[@Khabib9-z8w]

Amazing business i am learning it,but not sure if my country able to do it as we don’t have oil 😔

[@missmariemck]

I also call it a donkey- that is a “nodding donkey” as the equipment bobs up and down!

[@snowman4427]

We call them thirsty birds in South Texas

[@robertpvalentin]

What about costs? Maintenance. Potential profit?

[@jaydiproy3363]

Thanks 🙏

[@keithfrancis747]

What if you were on a platform out into the sea ?

[@kellyloeppky1498]

Hi... is call it a oil well drill

[@jollywub7608]

ive always called them grasshoppers!

[@jithinvijayan7934]

How much cost for this oil platform and what is the procedure to start this. Can you please tell me about it?

[@rolandplett]

Oil wells range wildly in size and cost from a few barrels per day when they're close to retirement and some of the newest wells that are 1000's of barrels per day. At the high end there are off shore platforms that are an order of magnitude higher than that. Costs range as well but today all of them are in the millions of dollars.

[@jithinvijayan7934]

@@rolandplett thanks for your reply

[@CharlesSambo-r9t]

This is interesting.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

The donkey is the engine that powers the oil pump

[@abelmaldonado6643]

We call it a unit

[@PaulaCollins-Cook-o7j]

Thank you i pray this color brown repersent the earth bc this is the 12th color on my on site ...

[@snowman4427]

That’s called a thirsty bird

[@FranktheDachshund]

We called them grasshoppers.

[@BrooklynneMuffett]

Giant Floating pick axe ground pumpy thingy

[@opinionater9388]

Why not call it a mosquito since it looks a lot like one.

[@EveryDaysAGoodDayBro]

No it doesn’t

[@VeeVeeVeeVeeVeeVeesHoppinout]

@@EveryDaysAGoodDayBroreally doesn’t

[@Justiny2505]

Are you sure that isn’t boo-boo? One would think oil would have pressure behind it! I might be wrong or the Beverly hillbillies were right!!!

[@robertsimons1243]

Texas Christmas tree

[@rolandplett]

Nice!

[@renebeseler2858]

I think it looks like a praying mathis!

[@basseybassey757]

Field personnel are never hard to recruit. They abound all over the globe. Some are right there in the U.S. unemployed or underemployed. Perhaps companies are only looking for a certain kind of people, not really skills!

[@rolandplett]

This is an interesting perspective and I see what you're saying. When I ask the people who are hiring they don't usually see it this way but I guess they could be missing the opportunity you're pointing out.

[@basseybassey757]

@@rolandplett There is politics in recruitment, a truth that the industry does not like to admit. If it is not true, let them publish the results of each stage of their hiring processes to demonstrate transparency. Of course, they would cite data protection laws.

[@thedinneris]

Nodding Donkey...

[@motaznaji341]

Sucker rod pump

[@RisenThe]

The sooner we make these too expensive to operate, the better. I was born in 1992 when CO2 was 355 ppm. If I pass away in 2072 at the age of 80, CO2 is projected to be around 539 ppm. 99.999% of this comes from oil, gas, and coal.

[@rolandplett]

I understand your sense of urgency for sure. Once the demand drops, revenue will drop and most oil and gas operators will pivot to other revenue sources. As a society we don't seem negotiable on using energy so we have to build economic supply in other energies and the transition will happen. We need to figure out the economics as soon as possible and the rest will follow quite quickly.

[@michaelvazquez3801]

Hope you don’t drive or use anything that needs oil and gas. We’ll need oil and gas for a couple lifetimes

[@RisenThe]

@@michaelvazquez3801 I try to send angry letters to my utility company but they don't seem to care. Maybe the government should stop giving oil companies free money so we can have an actual free market. Also, there needs to be a carbon tax because none of us are paying the price it costs to put it up in the atmosphere. What you say will be easy when it is economical too.

[@qwerty6574]

​@@RisenThethat's all very silly Life needs CO2, bud.

[@RisenThe]

@@qwerty6574 Have you ever heard the saying 'too much of a good thing can be bad?"

[@manuelveliz1878]

Balancing in Venezuela