Definitions
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- noun US The ground-based
drive for asubmerged pump in anoil borehole
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Examples
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Above, a pumpjack operates above a Chevron oil well in the Midway-Sunset oil field near Taft, Calif.
Euro Worries Stifle Rally in Commodities Matt Day 2011
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Above, a pumpjack operates above a Chevron oil well in the Midway-Sunset oil field near Taft, Calif.
Crude Settles Below $100 For Second Day David Bird 2011
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Grumpy newspaper hyperbole from Lou Francescutti is as distinctive and reliable a feature of Alberta life as the chinook and the pumpjack.
Colby Cosh 2010
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A pumpjack, also known as a nodding donkey, operates above a Chevron Corp. oil well in the Midway-Sunset oil field near Taft, Calif. in February.
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An August 2007 file photo of an oilfield pumpjack pumping oil in the middle of a blooming canola field near Edmonton, Alberta.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Bill Graveland 2011
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An August 2007 file photo of an oilfield pumpjack pumping oil in the middle of a blooming canola field near Edmonton, Alberta.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Bill Graveland 2011
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An oilfield pumpjack, owned by PrimeWest Energy, at work amidst blooming fields of canola.
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Crude oil prices have been going up and down like a North Texas pumpjack in recent weeks, but fuel prices at the pump have remained relatively steady in the low - to mid-$2. 40-per-gallon range.
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An oil pumpjack is seen in the distance beyond the large field of alfalfa, off Highway 43, north of Highway 58, on a cloudy Tuesday morning in Kern County.
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When Cougar Canada acquired the property both the pumpjack and the battery needed repairs and general maintenance before the well could be started up and put on production.
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