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  • noun US The ground-based drive for a submerged pump in an oil borehole

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    From Oil to Gold, Day of Declines 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • An oilfield pumpjack, owned by PrimeWest Energy, at work amidst blooming fields of canola.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • 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.

    Times Record News Stories 2010

  • 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.

    Bakersfield.com Latest news 2010

  • 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.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

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