A timer or pump-off controller (POC) can improve overall beam-pump efficiency for a well with a pump capacity greater than its production capacity. More than 400,000 wells in the U.S. operate with ...

A young Lufkin manufacturing subsidiary company, PID Energy, under the parent company, PID Group Inc., unveiled the pumping unit it will build at its facility on Southpark Drive. Scott Slusher, CEO of ...

Linear-motor driven plunger pumps are most efficient at transforming mechanical energy to hydraulic work in low-producing and highly deviated wells. Linear-motor driven plunger pumps (LMDPP) are most ...

Artificial lift is a process used on oil wells to increase pressure within the reservoir and encourage oil to the surface. When the natural drive energy of the reservoir is not strong enough to push ...

Lufkin Industries Inc. has agreed to buy substantially all of Quinn's Oilfield Supply Ltd. for $303 million in cash. Quinn’s, of Red Deer, Alb., manufacturers specialty oilfield pumps, and is among ...