[SEL] When is it an oil field engine?

[Kelley Garcia]

I'd say Jim pretty much hit the nail on the head.

We had two 'oilfield engines' on our lease (Murphy Coyote
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=13&x=256&y=2344&z=11&w=1)

They were both inline 6's, ran off the gas we produced on the hill, and had
a typical radiator that was self filling, similar to toilet internals using
a ballcock.  Wish now that I had taken pictures, but those engines weren't
all that exciting to me back then.
Something else to consider, the gas engines that worked pumping units are
for shallow wells.  They just don't have the oomph needed for deep wells.
For some pics of the lease I operated on in So Kal, go to
http://homepage.mac.com/kelleygarcia/Chevron/PhotoAlbum4.html
-- 
Kelley Garcia
La Habra, Ka.
USA

On 7/9/04 8:41 AM, "Jim Dragoset" <Jdragoset at galvotec.com> wrote:

> Curt,
> I would think that the term implies the engine is intended to run 24/7 in a
> mostly
> untended condition.
> Jim Dragoset
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com]On Behalf Of Curt
> Holland
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 7:59 AM
> To: SEL(new)
> Subject: [SEL] When is it an oil field engine?
> 
> 
> Guys,
> Have a question for you. What exactly defines an engine as a oil field
> engine?
> -It's not the number of cycles.....I've seen a few (very few though) 4
> cycle oil field engines.
> -It's not the HP.....I've seen oilfield engines in the 4HP range.
> -Some have side shafts and some don't......
> -Some have hot tube and some are mag fired.....
> 
> Is it the NG fuel use? (Did any OF engines use a fuel other than NG?)
> Is it simply that it was marketed for use only as an oil pumper?
> 
> Looking forward to your thoughts....
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC
>