[SEL] When is it an oil field engine?

[Curt Holland]

Arnie,
Nice post from the Oil Well Supply Catalog! Would this kind of pump 
(Barnes) have been used to pump oil from a holding tank (being filled by 
several wells being run on a power) to a nearby rail car? When Keith 
took us to the oil lease in Ill. I believe it was described to us that 
way. The transfer pump was no longer there because today they pumped out 
of the holding tank into over the road tankers. But the foundation for 
the old transfer pump was still there.
Curt


Arnie Fero wrote:

>Hi Curt,
>
>While Novo didn't specifically market the Novo "S" engine as an "oilfield
>engine", Novo did offer these engines with optional gas mixers
>and gasometers that would allow them to be run on well head gas.  They
>also had substantial factory back-gearing as an option that facilitated
>use on pump & winch applications.
>
>However, the Oil Well Supply Company certainly did offer pumping rigs
>based on the Novo "S" engines.
>
>I copied several pages from an OWS catalog that shows three different
>styles of pump jack equipped with a Novo "S" engine in the range of 4-10
>hp.  Refer to: http://www.oldengine.org/docs/Nova_S_misc.pdf
>They also point out that the outfit can be equipped with a winch for
>pulling rods or tubing.
>
>So add the trusty and ever popular Novo "S" to the list of "oilfield
>engines."
>
>See ya,  Arnie
>
>Arnie Fero
>Pittsburgh, PA
>
>On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Curt Holland wrote:
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>>Like the Famous and the Foos you mention, I have seen Witte's on
>>pumpers. I don't think of a Witte as an oilfiled engine either.
>>There are a handful of engines we just naturally think of as oilfield
>>engines.
>>Maybe it is simply that these are the engines that were marketed
>>exclusively(?) thru the oilfield supply catalogs.
>>There are engines like the Spence that Tom posted yesterday on OFES that
>>leave no doubt it is an oilfiled engine because of the heavy back
>>gearing and crankarms built into the subbase of the engine.
>>Certainly companies like Fairbanks marketed their engines to both the
>>farm and oilfield segments. Did companies like Famous and Hercules make
>>an effort to do so? I've never seen anything in their literature to
>>indicate this....
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