Crude Oil Pump Jack
Without speed modules one pumpjack cycle takes one second to complete.
Crude oil pump jack. Pump jacks and oil derricksare commonly confused but are not the same. The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the permian basin in loving county texas u s november 22 2019. A pump jackis a device used in the petroleumindustry to extract crude oilfrom a oil wellwhere there is not high enough pressurein the well to force the oilto the surface. A pumpjack is the overground drive for a reciprocating piston pump in an oil well.
Pumpjacks extract crude oil from oil fields. Pumpjacks are common in oil rich areas. An image of the pump jack in game as seen in devblog 70. It is used to mechanically lift liquid out of the well if not enough bottom hole pressure exists for the liquid to flow all the way to the surface.
Dust blows around a crude oil pump jack and flare burning excess gas at a drill pad in the permian basin in loving county texas u s. November 25 2019 reuters angus mordant file photo. The pumpjack will then output an amount of crude oil per cycle equal to 10 multiplied by the field s yield e g. 54 crude oil for 538 yield per second.
The pump jack was once a deployable item but now is an indestructible object at monuments such as the industrial train yard. The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the permian basin in loving county texas u s november 22 2019.