Hydraulic Rod Pumps has a proven track record in the Los Angeles basin with over 275 wells operating on more than 160 hydaulic units.

This map shows a brief over view of some of our locations, most of which have multiple wells on a single hydraulic power unit.

For many of these locations, traditional Beam Pumping Units are not possible due to close close proximity well spacing and subterranean wellhead cellars.  ESP's, Gas Lift and Downhole Hydraulics (i.e. Kobe) are also not typically economical due to well conditions (i.e. higher failure rates, Gas-Oil-Ratio, high temperature, directional/angularity, solids, scale, etc.).  Most existing well conversions to HRP came from downhole hydraulics, which were previously (mostly) Gas Lift wells when initally drilled and completed in the 1960's through the 1980's. 

Our many proven successes have led to several operators specifying our equipment on newly drilled and re-drilled wells at several locations.

Hydraulic Rod Pumps has a proven track record in the Los Angeles basin with over 275 wells operating on more than 160 hydaulic units.

This map shows a brief over view of some of our locations, most of which have multiple wells on a single hydraulic power unit.

For many of these locations, traditional Beam Pumping Units are not possible due to close close proximity well spacing and subterranean wellhead cellars.  ESP's, Gas Lift and Downhole Hydraulics (i.e. Kobe) are also not typically economical due to well conditions (i.e. higher failure rates, Gas-Oil-Ratio, high temperature, directional/angularity, solids, scale, etc.).  Most existing well conversions to HRP came from downhole hydraulics, which were previously (mostly) Gas Lift wells when initally drilled and completed in the 1960's through the 1980's. 

Our many proven successes have led to several operators specifying our equipment on newly drilled and re-drilled wells at several locations.

Signal Hill Petroleum (1992): Kaufman & Broad Homebuilders purchased the land surrounding these wells to build a tract of new homes in 1992. Since conventional beam units were already in use, K&B asked the operator to replace the high profile beam units with something more visually pleasant. The conversion was completed prior to the grand opening, which helped K&B sell these Long Beach Harbor "View" homes for over $500,000 each (in 1992 dollars).

The green enclosure houses a 75 HP dual well power unit. The enclosure was made out of steel with a sound absorbing foam lining, intake and exhaust baffles, a spill containment pan and a 24" diameter - 1/2 HP fan for ventilation. Despite the enclosed installation, the unit runs adequately cool. 

Although the power unit is only 24 feet away from the house (the master bedroom's sliding glass door is on the right side behind the enclosure), there have only been occasional complaints when mechanical failures have occurred.

The well heads are located within 400 feet of the power unit, on opposite sides of the street.

Signal Hill Petroleum (1992): Kaufman & Broad Homebuilders purchased the land surrounding these wells to build a tract of new homes in 1992. Since conventional beam units were already in use, K&B asked the operator to replace the high profile beam units with something more visually pleasant. The conversion was completed prior to the grand opening, which helped K&B sell these Long Beach Harbor "View" homes for over $500,000 each (in 1992 dollars).

The green enclosure houses a 75 HP dual well power unit. The enclosure was made out of steel with a sound absorbing foam lining, intake and exhaust baffles, a spill containment pan and a 24" diameter - 1/2 HP fan for ventilation. Despite the enclosed installation, the unit runs adequately cool. 

Although the power unit is only 24 feet away from the house (the master bedroom's sliding glass door is on the right side behind the enclosure), there have only been occasional complaints when mechanical failures have occurred.

The well heads are located within 400 feet of the power unit, on opposite sides of the street.

Unocal Company of California (Now Breitburn) (1998): Unocal sold a portion of it's Yorba Linda (Coyote Hills) oil field fee land to several residential real estate developers, and as part of the sale, Unocal agreed to replace the two large beam units with a low profile system more compatible with residential sites. 

There are two wells in this picture, although the second well is partially obstructed from view by the power unit, located between them. These two wells each produce about 300 GLBPD from ~5,000' MPD, and are operating on a 75 HP dual well power unit.  The picture shown was taken prior to the homes being built.

This picture shows a wide view of the Coyote Hills Golf Course, and a small portion of the Unocal lease.

Unocal Company of California (Now Breitburn) (1998): Unocal sold a portion of it's Yorba Linda (Coyote Hills) oil field fee land to several residential real estate developers, and as part of the sale, Unocal agreed to replace the two large beam units with a low profile system more compatible with residential sites. 

There are two wells in this picture, although the second well is partially obstructed from view by the power unit, located between them. These two wells each produce about 300 GLBPD from ~5,000' MPD, and are operating on a 75 HP dual well power unit.  The picture shown was taken prior to the homes being built.

This picture shows a wide view of the Coyote Hills Golf Course, and a small portion of the Unocal lease.

Unocal Company of California (Now Breitburn) (1995): Unocal sold off some land and needed a low profile unit on a busy street corner to appease the City of Fullerton. When we first discussed this well with the Field Superintendent, he said it parted the rods about every 90 days (on beam unit), and wore holes in the tubing about every six months, due to the directional severity. When we told him we were going to use a lighter weight rod string, he laughed and argued that  "It'll never work!". Five years later, it still hasn't parted or wore a hole in the tubing, and had to be pulled only once due to poor bottomhole pump efficiency.

Unocal Company of California (Now Breitburn) (1995): Unocal sold off some land and needed a low profile unit on a busy street corner to appease the City of Fullerton. When we first discussed this well with the Field Superintendent, he said it parted the rods about every 90 days (on beam unit), and wore holes in the tubing about every six months, due to the directional severity. When we told him we were going to use a lighter weight rod string, he laughed and argued that  "It'll never work!". Five years later, it still hasn't parted or wore a hole in the tubing, and had to be pulled only once due to poor bottomhole pump efficiency.

Hillcrest Beverly Oil Corporation (1987): This is where we (HRPI) began. This lease is located in the middle of Beverly Hills, across the street from the 20th Century Fox Studios, and is surrounded by a world-famous private Country Club & Golf Course. There are 7 power units operating 14 wells, with an average MPD of 7,300'. The wells produce an average of 110 Barrels Gross, and are considered to be "highly directional". Most wells have drift angles in excess of 45 degrees.

Hillcrest Beverly Oil Corporation (1987): This is where we (HRPI) began. This lease is located in the middle of Beverly Hills, across the street from the 20th Century Fox Studios, and is surrounded by a world-famous private Country Club & Golf Course. There are 7 power units operating 14 wells, with an average MPD of 7,300'. The wells produce an average of 110 Barrels Gross, and are considered to be "highly directional". Most wells have drift angles in excess of 45 degrees.

Stocker Resources, Inc. (Now PxP) - San Vincente Lease (1994): This lease was purchased by Stocker Resources, Inc, from Chevron USA in 1991. Stocker was then bought out by Plains Resources (AMEX: PXP), in late 1993.

We started converting their old Kobe and Gas Lift wells, and Stocker has bought several new units from us each and every year since then. Of the 38 producing wells at this location, 29 are operating on HRPI's equipment. The other 9 producing wells are lifted with either ESP's or Three-String Kobe Hydraulics. There are currently 15 dual well power units in service, each ranging from 50 to 150 HP.

The HRP wells here range from 4,000' to 10,500' MPD, and produce between 50 and 750 GLBPD. Most of these wells are fairly gassy (>50 MCF/day), and are considered moderate to highly directional. Despite the angular severity of these wells, several wells have pumped in excess of three and even four years without failures.

Interesting fact: This lease is in Beverly Hills, six blocks away from Rodeo Drive. The building on the right of the drilling rig is the Beverly Center Mall. The building on the left is Cedar Sanai Hospital, very popular among the movie stars. They also recently filmed a fair portion of the movie "Volcano" (1998), starring Tommy Lee Jones in front of the lease. The outdoor "triage center" scenes near the end of the movie actually blocked one entrance to the lease, and the lava eruption / building explosion took place on the street corner right in front of the lease. I laughingly recall driving down the street in front of the lease, zig-zagging between the many "volcano victims" (dummies, strewn about the ash-covered street) when I had to deliver some equipment to the lease.

Stocker Resources, Inc. (Now PxP) - San Vincente Lease (1994): This lease was purchased by Stocker Resources, Inc, from Chevron USA in 1991. Stocker was then bought out by Plains Resources (AMEX: PXP), in late 1993.

We started converting their old Kobe and Gas Lift wells, and Stocker has bought several new units from us each and every year since then. Of the 38 producing wells at this location, 29 are operating on HRPI's equipment. The other 9 producing wells are lifted with either ESP's or Three-String Kobe Hydraulics. There are currently 15 dual well power units in service, each ranging from 50 to 150 HP.

The HRP wells here range from 4,000' to 10,500' MPD, and produce between 50 and 750 GLBPD. Most of these wells are fairly gassy (>50 MCF/day), and are considered moderate to highly directional. Despite the angular severity of these wells, several wells have pumped in excess of three and even four years without failures.

Interesting fact: This lease is in Beverly Hills, six blocks away from Rodeo Drive. The building on the right of the drilling rig is the Beverly Center Mall. The building on the left is Cedar Sanai Hospital, very popular among the movie stars. They also recently filmed a fair portion of the movie "Volcano" (1998), starring Tommy Lee Jones in front of the lease. The outdoor "triage center" scenes near the end of the movie actually blocked one entrance to the lease, and the lava eruption / building explosion took place on the street corner right in front of the lease. I laughingly recall driving down the street in front of the lease, zig-zagging between the many "volcano victims" (dummies, strewn about the ash-covered street) when I had to deliver some equipment to the lease.

Torch Operating Company (Now DCOR) - Platform Edith (1996): Torch (a.k.a. Neuvo Energy, and now DCOR) ended up with several Offshore Platforms near Long Beach, CA as a result of purchasing of all Unocal's Southern California/ LA Basin production (except Coyote Hills). The platforms already had another company's (antiquated) short-stroke hydraulic rod pumping units, and Torch wanted to bring more wells on line. We supplied them with  2- 240" stroke Subsurface cylinders which (unlike the older units), fit easily between the deck plates, one explosionproof 75 HP dual well power unit and excellent service. One year later, they added a second dual well power unit and two more wells. About a year after that, we received a request from both Platform superintendents to submit a proposal to replace their entire existing lift system (a multi-well power unit with short-stroke cylinders). We asked why they were so interested in changing out their existing system, and they said: "For two years now, we haven't had to touch your equipment. The other old system keeps us busy nearly full-time doing maintenance and repairs. Aside from that, we know your units use less horsepower than what we're currently running.". A short time later they received budgetary approval and the green light from headquarters in Houston, but oil prices plummeted before we could perform the conversion.

Torch Operating Company (Now DCOR) - Platform Edith (1996): Torch (a.k.a. Neuvo Energy, and now DCOR) ended up with several Offshore Platforms near Long Beach, CA as a result of purchasing of all Unocal's Southern California/ LA Basin production (except Coyote Hills). The platforms already had another company's (antiquated) short-stroke hydraulic rod pumping units, and Torch wanted to bring more wells on line. We supplied them with  2- 240" stroke Subsurface cylinders which (unlike the older units), fit easily between the deck plates, one explosionproof 75 HP dual well power unit and excellent service. One year later, they added a second dual well power unit and two more wells. About a year after that, we received a request from both Platform superintendents to submit a proposal to replace their entire existing lift system (a multi-well power unit with short-stroke cylinders). We asked why they were so interested in changing out their existing system, and they said: "For two years now, we haven't had to touch your equipment. The other old system keeps us busy nearly full-time doing maintenance and repairs. Aside from that, we know your units use less horsepower than what we're currently running.". A short time later they received budgetary approval and the green light from headquarters in Houston, but oil prices plummeted before we could perform the conversion.

Venoco - Beverly Hills Lease (1994): This lease is located on Olympic Boulevard in downtown Beverly Hills, in the shadows of Century City's upscale Business District. The drilling rig shown here is an example of what happens after the long-term visibility of a downtown lease negatively impacts residential and business neighborhoods. Although drilling hadn't occurred at this site in nearly 30 years, the rig has stood in place since the wells were originally drilled in the 1960's. The rig was left standing in place on purpose, out of fear that approval to re-drill would never be granted if it were removed from the site. The parties involved in granting permits to re-drill include the city council, Beverly Hills High School (directly adjacent to the lease) and the nearby residents (across the street).  In case you were wondering, the High School is the same one used in filming the famous TV series "90210".

To date, we've converted 10 wells at this location, all previously lifted by either Kobe or ESP pumps. The reason they chose to convert these wells was "poor economic performance". The wells range in depth from 5,000' to 9,000' MPD, and are highly deviated. Five dual-well power units are in operation here, housed inside a sound-proof room. The well heads are all tubing hanger type, with subsurface cylinders, situated in a single sub- terrainean cellar. There are a total of 20 wells in the cellar, both producers and injectors.

Venoco finally gained approval to begin re-drilling in 1997 after making some concessions, such as the "beautification project" you see on the right. Two wells were successfully re-drilled, and are now producing on our equipment.

Venoco - Beverly Hills Lease (1994): This lease is located on Olympic Boulevard in downtown Beverly Hills, in the shadows of Century City's upscale Business District. The drilling rig shown here is an example of what happens after the long-term visibility of a downtown lease negatively impacts residential and business neighborhoods. Although drilling hadn't occurred at this site in nearly 30 years, the rig has stood in place since the wells were originally drilled in the 1960's. The rig was left standing in place on purpose, out of fear that approval to re-drill would never be granted if it were removed from the site. The parties involved in granting permits to re-drill include the city council, Beverly Hills High School (directly adjacent to the lease) and the nearby residents (across the street).  In case you were wondering, the High School is the same one used in filming the famous TV series "90210".

To date, we've converted 10 wells at this location, all previously lifted by either Kobe or ESP pumps. The reason they chose to convert these wells was "poor economic performance". The wells range in depth from 5,000' to 9,000' MPD, and are highly deviated. Five dual-well power units are in operation here, housed inside a sound-proof room. The well heads are all tubing hanger type, with subsurface cylinders, situated in a single sub- terrainean cellar. There are a total of 20 wells in the cellar, both producers and injectors.

Venoco finally gained approval to begin re-drilling in 1997 after making some concessions, such as the "beautification project" you see on the right. Two wells were successfully re-drilled, and are now producing on our equipment.