Oil_pump_schematics.part3.rar

To understand how the iconic "nodding donkey" above the ground actually pulls oil from thousands of feet below, we have to look at the three main components that make up the system:

: In the late 19th and early 20th columns, oil strikes often resulted in massive "gushers." While cinematic, they wasted thousands of barrels of oil and posed massive fire hazards. oil_pump_schematics.part3.rar

When the pump arm nods down, the traveling valve pushes down. The pressure closes the standing valve (so oil doesn't push back into the ground) and forces the traveling valve to open. The oil passes through the traveling valve, ready to be lifted to the surface on the next upstroke. ⏳ A Century of the "Nodding Donkey" To understand how the iconic "nodding donkey" above

: Attached to the moving sucker rod, traveling up and down. The oil passes through the traveling valve, ready

: The massive steel arm that rocks up and down, creating the signature nodding motion.

If you were to extract "Part 3" of an actual oil pump schematic, you would likely find the detailed engineering drawings of the and the sucker rod string .