Welcome to another Oilfield Basics video blog. In this video, we examine the topic of natural migration of oil & gas (hydrocarbons). We discuss why and how natural migration occurs, what traps hydrocarbons, ways that oil can seep out of …
In this video we examine the wellhead setup of a conventional well on rod lift. Please note that wellheads in particular can be setup many different ways, but the fundamentals are always the same. Watching the video is always going …
In this video, I check out a local conventional wellsite in SW Ohio. This site, like many across our country, has a vertical conventional well on rod lift (with a pump jack). I start off by discussing some basics of …
As you drive across the vast United States, you might just see a lot of pumpjacks depending on where you’re at. This is for a number of reasons. In this video, we go on site to a pumpjack in the …