A big part of drilling for oil is controlling the flow of liquids, whether it’s liquids you are using on the production side, such as fracking fluids or water, or it’s the actual petroleum itself. Oil companies use what are known as Christmas trees, which contain a set of valves, spools, and fit…Read More
While Northern Oilfield Services is based in Williston, ND, we serve most of the western United States, including Wyoming. We specialize in helping oil companies extract oil. We do this by renting and services oilfield equipment, including hydraulic fracking equipment and drilling rental equipment. …Read More
In our last blog post, we discussed in detail the different types of wells, which included natural gas wells, oil and natural gas wells, and strictly just oil wells. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the different locations of gas wells, namely offshore oil wells. Northern Oilfield Services based o…Read More
Oil wells are usually marked by oil pump jacks that can dot the entire production area, depending on the size of the field beneath the earth. Most people assume that oil pump jacks are pumping out black oil. But that is not necessarily the case. There are different kinds of oil wells, which we explo…Read More
Myths abound about oil and the oil and gas industry that many people believe due to the fact they only have a cursory understanding of the oil and gas industry. In this blog post, we’ll bust some common myths about oil and the oil and gas industry. Northern Oilfield Services is the best oilfield s…Read More
No one enjoys when the end of a life arrives. Typically, a mourning period ensues, followed by a return to life as normal, depending on what life has ended. This can be anything from your career life, when you switch jobs and move on to something else, or more impactful, the end of a family member Read More
Since oil is found in the ground, we have to dig for it. Rarely does it decide to just appear on the surface of the earth for the taking. And dig, or drilling in the case of oil wells, oil companies do — and do quite well — in order to fuel the demand for oil, which, once refined, fuels our cars…Read More
If you love your car, your motorcycle, your plastic bottles, your basketball, your boat, your skis, your luggage, your dishes, your camera, your computer, your crayons, and your clothes, you can thank oil. Hundreds of products that you use and enjoy every day are made from petroleum, which is typica…Read More
When people think of the oilfield, they probably think of guys in hard hats working on drilling rigs, either on land or in the ocean. They know we get our gasoline from oil (although many people think this is one and the same as well). And they may know a few oil companies such as ExxonMobile and Ch…Read More
Ever since Rockefeller made it big with Standard Oil, many people have entered the oil and gas industry hoping to strike it rich — and many have. This is because oil is a commodity, like gold and silver, which basically means oil is the same no matter where you get it from, either the United State…Read More