Hydraulic Lift Pumping Units
Image
Title
Hydraulic Lift Pumping Units
Identifier
14153 OS
33853 OS
Source
Ventura County Superintendent of Schools, Visual Aids Department, 1987
Description
View of "Hartman No. 5" a hydraulic pumping unit. Museum records indicate that this is at Ventura Oil Field, Getty Oil Company.
Description from back of photo: "Hydraulic lift pumping units are designed for pumping wells from 8,000 feet to 12,000 feet deep. Their length of stroke ranges between 20 and 30 feet and they only operate at 4 to 8 strokes per minute compared with walking beam type units which run around 18 or 20 strokes per minute with 3 to 8 feet length of stroke. The power for lifting the sucker rods is obtained from a piston inside the long vertical cylinder which is lifted in the same manner a hydraulic jack can be used to raise your family automobile. The large round ball is a spherical reservoir for the light oil used to lift the piston."
Description from back of photo: "Hydraulic lift pumping units are designed for pumping wells from 8,000 feet to 12,000 feet deep. Their length of stroke ranges between 20 and 30 feet and they only operate at 4 to 8 strokes per minute compared with walking beam type units which run around 18 or 20 strokes per minute with 3 to 8 feet length of stroke. The power for lifting the sucker rods is obtained from a piston inside the long vertical cylinder which is lifted in the same manner a hydraulic jack can be used to raise your family automobile. The large round ball is a spherical reservoir for the light oil used to lift the piston."
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
27 x 34.7 cm
51.0 x 40.7 cm [mounted]
Black and white photograph
Subject
Oil well pumps
Petroleum industry and trade
Shell Oil Company
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Type
Image
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Hydraulic Lift Pumping Units,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed May 6, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/4044.