Re: Gon's or Flats Pipe Loads
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Russ,
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Having worked in the Oil Fields in Southern Calif and Texas up thru 1967. All the Drill Pipe, Pump Tubing and Pump Rods were 30 ft. Portable Rigs are either doubles or triples, it's either 60 ft or 90 ft to the derrick man's platform/pipe rack and will pull 2 stands or 3 stands of Tubing or Rods. A Standard Derrick is 90 feet to the Derrick man's platform and can pull three stands of pipe at a time. A Portable derrick was used for repairs done on existing well while a Standard derrick is used for drilling a new well. Drill pipe is a lot heavier then the Pump Tubing. All pipe I ever saw delivered to the site came by way of truck, but remember trucks were not a long then as they are now. I think the trailers were about 40 ft as the pipe did not extend to either end. Can still see a lot of old pipe/rods laying in various areas around Midland and Odessa TX. The pipe used of the transport of Oil thru the refining process is all sizes. But the pipe at the wells are standard lengths and the equipment is built to handle a standard length of pipe. Things may be different now and I have not worked in that industry since 1967, but at the times for this list all well pipe/tubing/rods was 30 ft. George A. Walls
Living in Texas and in an area of very active gas drilling,
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