11 Important Oil & Gas Lease Operating Maintenance Expenses (that should never go overlooked…)
From the lease owner to regulatory agencies, when you work as a lease pumper there are plenty of relationships you will have to maintain. However, one often overlooked association is between the lease pumper and the owner of the land. To help preserve a healthy alliance with the land owner, it is essential to follow […]
The Lease Pumper’s Cheat Sheet to Oilfield Emergencies
I have to admit one of my favorite perks of working as a lease pumper is how my job is rarely the same from day to day. Equipment status, the level of production, the conditions of the maintenance schedule, and a variety of other factors will determine the specific tasks you are required to do; […]
Oilfield Pumper Production Reporting via the “Boiler House guessing method”…
Okay so, when I was a soldier in the Army and I had to finally sit down to do the scads of paperwork required to do the job I was doing – you know material data sheets, truck maintenance schedules called 24s, training schedules, you get the picture – awful stuff, I would do almost […]
Oilfield Pumpers: What Constitutes an Emergency?
Okay so, not too long ago, I was restarting a Fairbanks 503 after it had gone down overnight. Anyone who has performed this function on these very solid old engines also knows that if they are really relics, they are super hard to restart. Some people find them easier to kick start and I have […]
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All wells are snitches: lessons learned as an Oilfield Pumper
Okay so, there are just some things in the oilfield that are known by all of us, but that we really don’t talk about. One of those things is the silent rule that after a workover rig has been up on one of your wells, you step carefully around your equipment and stock tanks. New […]
Oilfield Pumper Etiquette: Testing one’s manhood with the Fairbanks 503 “slave master”
Okay so, when my dad starts a project, there is no lunch, no water, no anything until we have finished the job. I feel certain it is today, why I am always the last pumper in the field – and the dirtiest. So anyway, it was a long time ago – a hot summer in […]
Confused about the EPA’s New Methane Regulations?
So were we! So, we decided to do something about it and see how the folks here at GreaseBook might be able to help! First a little background… In May 2016, organizations like the National Stripper Well Association (NSWA) among others fought for an exemption of small producers from the effects of the new methane […]
See What Brian G., CFO and Managing Partner of Mac 5 Energy has to say about the GreaseBook!
Hey, Guys, this is Brian with MAC 5 Energy. I’m out on location today, but I had to stop for a moment and tell you about a little secret called GreaseBook… My partners and I started MAC 5 about a year and half ago. We bought a bunch of wells, bunch of leases, hired several […]