Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Catalog Number |
2016.001.0057e |
Description |
Photo 5 in a series of 6 color photos depicting the process of well servicing. A caption included with photo #5 states: "A traveling block (top of photo) lifts the tubing into place." Notes included with the photos explain that "Well servicing converts and oil well (or pump well) to a water well" and "Well servicing prepares a well for water flooding, a relatively inexpensive method of producing oil which dates from the 1870s. Water flooding displaces oil from subsurface rock formation. Joseph Dunbar, owner of Dunbar Well Service, compares water flooding to 'shaking up a can of soda pop.' Gas in the oil expands when water is forced into subsurface rock formations, displacing the oil so that it can be pumped to the surface." |
Title |
Traveling Block lifts tubing into place |
Search Terms |
Dunbar Well Service Campbell County Wyoming |
Subjects |
Oil industry Oil wells Oil well drilling rigs Geology |
Classification |
Oil & Gas Industry Geology Tools & Equipment |