Pumpjack
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A pumpjack is the overground drive for a reciprocating piston pump in an oil well.
A pumpjack operating at an oil well in Natchez, Mississippi
Picture of a pump jack used to mechanically lift liquid out of the well if there is not enough bottom hole pressure for the liquid to flow all the way to the surface.
The densely developed Kern River Oil Field, California: Hundreds of pumpjacks are visible in the full-size view. This style of development was common in the oil booms of the early 20th century.
Kern River Oil Field
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The Kern River Oil Field is a large oil field in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley of California, north-northeast of Bakersfield in the lower Sierra foothills. Yielding a cumulative production of
Pumpjack
…lift liquid out of the well if there is not enough bottom hole pressure for the liquid to flow all the way to the surface. The densely developed Kern River Oil Field, California: Hundreds of pumpjacks are visible in the full-size view. This style of development was common in the oil booms of the early 20th century…
The Kern River Oil Field (purple) in south-central California. Other oil fields are shown in gray.
Kern River drilling rigs, 1923
Kern River Oil Field aerial, 2012.
Kern River Oil Field in 1910