Pumping and transportation of crude oil drilled in the United States. A political map of the U.S. shows oil pipe line systems which are used to transport crude petroleum. The map shows main trunk pipe line systems including a new line under construction from Wyoming, connecting with the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. A pumping station which serves important fields in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming with its chief terminals at East Chicago, Houston, Texas and Salt Creek, Wyoming. Internal combustion engines and machinery at the pumping station.
Cleaning of oil pipelines in the United States. Men near a pipe line. A man pushes a 'Go devil' ( a device used to clean oil pipe lines) in the pipe. A man walks near the pipe line to keep track of the 'Go devil'. Animation depicts how the 'Go devil' moves through the pipe line and how its tracking is done. Men near the other end of the pipe line. The 'Go devil' is taken out. Oil flows out the pipe followed by refuse. Men search through the refuse.
Laying of oil pipe lines in the United States. Men lay an eight inch pipe line. They work in unison using levers and other equipment. Men work together at the bank of the Red River to lay a pipe line across its bed. River clamps are bolted to strengthen the joints.
Oil pipe lines in the United States. Men near temporary pipe lines. Pumps operating in the open. Men near the end of a pipe line in East Chicago. A man takes a sample from a tank to determine the amount of ' bottom sediment'.
A documentry 'The Story of a Mexican Gusher' visualizes different stages in oil production in Mexico. A political map of Mexico shows Tampico and the distance between Tampico and New Orleans. Men cut through jungles, cross rivers and make roads to bring equipment into the Mexican oil region. Men cut trees in a jungle using machetes and axes. Men at work in an open area. Smoke rises in the background. A barge goes across a river. A jeep on a road built in a jungle. An oil company's railroad. Men work on the company pipeline near the railroad. A camp hospital in a jungle clearing to the south of the Panuco River. Cable tool method of drilling is practiced. Men do 'spudding in' by drilling a hole. Machinery in operation. After the spudding in a cable is 'hitched on' to a 'walking beam'. Men lower a casing at Ebano to drill out oil. A derrick. Oil is discovered at 800 feet and bubbles up from oil well. Two oil workers completely covered in oil work with the oil well equipment.
A documentary visualizes different stages in oil production in Mexico. A man near an oil seepage in a jungle. A tractor drives past a derrick. A trolley pulled by a tractor hauls material to the site of the proposed oil well. Equipment is brought in. Heavy sills are laid to form the foundation of a derrick. Men construct the derrick. A boiler is unloaded from a trolley and is set up. Land is excavated to prepare sump holes and tanks.
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