Black gold team 2001--- Angela Beaudrow, Jonathan Piitz, Tammy Auranen --- omcchin@ebtech.net

 Early Development of Oil

Technology

Oil Tools and Equipment

By Wanda Pratt and Phil Morningstar - 1987

CONTENTS   OIL TOOLS Digging a Well Bits Sandpump Wooden Casing Improvements To Digging Hooking on to Tools Making Poles Pulling the Poles Pole and Pipe Tools Three Pole Derrick Power for the Wells Oil Pumps Steam Power Jerker System Woods' Jerker System Trimming a Walking Beam Look Tanks Oil Storage Tanks Water Filtering System WELL TROUBLES Pulling Casing Can You 'Jar' it Loose? A spud Isn't a Potato Fishing In an Oil Well Grinding Valves New Cups