An oil well pumping unit. The pumping unit has a vertical support column residing adjacent a horizontal support base at a generally transverse orientation. The pumping unit has a standing sheave fixed proximate an upper end of the vertical support column, a carrier bar configured to be attached to a polished rod along the front face of the vertical support column, and a traveling sheave configured to move up and down along the vertical support column. A near-vertical actuator resides along the horizontal support base, and is connected to the traveling sheave. Cyclical movement of the linear actuator causes the traveling sheave to reciprocate up and down along the vertical support column such that upward movement of the traveling sheave produces a downstroke of the polished rod, while downward movement of the traveling sheave produces an upstroke of the polished rod. The linear actuator remains in tension at all times during movement of the polished rod.

An assembly for dispersing a lubricant upon a long stroke oil well rig's chain coupling roller trolley, the assembly incorporating a track frame receiving the roller trolley for leftward and rightward rolling motions; at least a first dip bucket fixedly attached to a lower end of the track frame; a front nozzle connected operatively to the at least first dip bucket for rearwardly emitting portions of the lubricant; an underlying lubricant well adapted for receiving and filling the at least first dip bucket; a rear conduit positioned for collecting the rearwardly emitted portions of the lubricant; a collection pocket underlying the rear conduit; a rear nozzle connected operatively to the collection pocket for forwardly emitting the portions of the lubricant toward the roller trolley.

A sectional pumping apparatus for well casing includes a discharge pipe, a submersible pump, a pump housing, a swab tool, and a central axis. The discharge pipe, the submersible pump, the pump housing, and the swab tool are concentrically positioned along the central axis. The discharge pipe includes a first tubular body and a flange connector. The flange connector is radially connected around the first tubular body. The submersible pump is hermetically attached to a pump end of the first tubular body. The submersible pump and the pump end are positioned within the pump housing as the first tubular body is hermetically attached to a top end of the pump housing through the flange connector. The swab tool is hermetically attached to a bottom end of the pump housing and is in fluid communication with the discharge pipe through the submersible pump.

A sucker rod cleaning system includes an inductive heating device, a feed mechanism, a first support and a second support. An electromagnet of inductive heating device includes a wire coil head that is configured to inductively heat a sucker rod positioned within a heating zone. The feed mechanism is configured to feed a sucker rod through the heating zone in a feed direction. The first support is positioned on an upstream side of the wire coil head, and is configured to support a portion of a sucker rod as it is fed through the heating zone by the teed mechanism, The second support is positioned on a downstream side of the wire coil head, and is configured to support a portion of a sucker rod as it is fed through the heating zone by the feed mechanism.

The device for preventing the formation of paraffin and asphaltene sediments and for the reduction of the viscosity of crude oil for use at an eruptive oil well, an oil well with pumpjack or for use at a pipeline, the stated device including six identical serially connected modules. Each module has an inlet spout and outlet spout. Crude oil under pressure passes through modules and simultaneously is in contact with different alloys. The device's elements consist of four different alloys that affect the crude oil while it passes through modules under pressure in the manner that it prevents the formation of paraffin and asphaltene deposits inside the pipeline or eruptive oil wells or oil wells with pumpjacks.

A stuffing box assembly for an artificial lift system includes a stuffing box including a housing having a passage, in which the housing has a shoulder disposed along the passage. The stuffing box also includes a seal disposed within the passage and engaged with the shoulder. The seal is configured to engage a polish rod while the polish rod extends through the passage, and the seal is configured to expand radially in response to longitudinal compression of the seal. In addition, the stuffing box includes an actuator having an engagement element configured to move along a longitudinal axis to compress the seal. Furthermore, the stuffing box assembly includes a controller configured to determine a flow rate of fluid bypassing the seal based on one or more input signals, and the controller is configured to control the actuator based on the flow rate.

An annular seal configured to prevent fluid from outside the wellbore from entering a well head stuffing box and tripping an anti-pollution control device. The seal comprising an elastomeric material and having a seam configured to allow the seal to installed on or in a stuffing box without dismantling well-head equipment.

The present disclosure includes sucker rod strings, pipe protectors, and tool joints having polycrystalline diamond elements positioned thereon to interface engagement with other surfaces in downhole applications. The polycrystalline diamond elements can be positioned on sucker rod guides, sucker rod couplers, pipe protectors, and tool joints.

System, assemblies, and methods for cathodic protection of one or more components of an oil and gas well may include an anode comprising an anodic coating on a surface of at least one first component of the oil and gas well. A cathode may comprise at least one second component of the oil and gas well, where the anode is configured to at least partially inhibit corrosion of the cathode.

A downhole pump includes a housing, a plunger that is disposed within the housing, and a rod that is secured to the plunger. The housing includes a magnet that is disposed at an uphole end of the housing. The plunger includes a traveling valve that is disposed at a downhole end of the plunger. The rod includes a conducting shaft that is attached to an uphole end of the plunger. The conducting shaft is configured to extend a magnetic field generated by the magnet when the conducting shaft is positioned adjacent the magnet to magnetically force the traveling valve into an open state.