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The line of sucker rods is represented in this diagram by the solid black line in the center of the well. A sucker rod is a steel rod, typically between 7 and 9 metres (25 and 30 ft) in length, and threaded at both ends, used in the oil industry to join together the surface and downhole components of a reciprocating piston pump installed in an oil well.
A beam-type pumpjack converts the rotary motion of the motor (usually an electric motor) to the vertical reciprocating motion necessary to drive the polished-rod and accompanying sucker rod and column (fluid) load. The engineering term for this type of mechanism is a walking beam.
The river redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada.They can range from 10 to 30 inches in length and can potentially reach a weight of more than 10 pounds after maturity.
Creek chubsuckers are one of about sixty-two species of in the family Catostomidae. All but two species are endemic to North America, [5] and creek chubsuckers can be found in many of the freshwater tributaries of the Atlantic slope streams from Maine to Altamaha drainage of Georgia; Gulf slope streams east to Escambia River drainage, Alabama (single population), west to San Jacinto system ...
C. d. jarrovii (Cope, 1874) (Zuni bluehead sucker) Catostomus fumeiventris R. R. Miller, 1973 (Owens sucker) Catostomus insignis Baird & Girard, 1854 (Sonora sucker) Catostomus latipinnis Baird & Girard, 1853 (flannelmouth sucker) Catostomus leopoldi Siebert & W. L. Minckley, 1986 (Bavispe sucker) Catostomus macrocheilus Girard, 1856 ...
The mouths of these fish are most commonly located on the underside of their head (subterminal), with thick, fleshy lips.Most species are less than 60 cm (2.0 ft) in length, but the largest species (Ictiobus and Myxocyprinus) can surpass 100 cm (3.3 ft).
The bigmouth buffalo's native distribution is confined to the countries of Canada and the United States of America. [18] It is native to the Red River of the North and Mississippi River drainage basins, from Manitoba, Canada, and North Dakota, United States, to the Ohio River and south in the Mississippi River system to Texas and Alabama.
The river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio) is a freshwater fish belonging to the Catostomidae that is native to the inland United States and northern Mexico. This species has a slightly arched back and is somewhat stout and compressed.