> It's also possible to have a functioning petroleum well without any notable surface-level equipment
So in that case, there would be no "pumping rig", right? There would just be some pipes and valves the the wellhead, aka a "Christmas tree": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellhead and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Completion_(oil_and_gas_wells) Do you know if all "pumping rigs" are similar in appearance to a pumpjack, or are there others that look quite different? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpjack - I've seen many of these in California and Texas. - Joseph Eisenberg On 2/26/20, Jmapb via Tagging <tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > On 2/26/2020 3:54 AM, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: >> There are some users on the wiki who seem to treat these two tags as >> near-synonyms >> >> man_made=petroleum_well >> man_made=pumping_rig >> >> The later was approved, but the first is much more common. >> >> The proposal in 2008 for pumping_rig said >> >> "A tag for pumping platforms - gas, oil, etc. The rig may be on ground or >> water" >> >> But petroleum_well says just: "An oil well is a boring in the Earth >> that is designed to bring petroleum oil or gas to the surface." >> >> I believe not all petrolum wells have a pumping rig? Can someone >> confirm that these tags are different? > > Oil wells generally begin with a boring apparatus housed in a vertical > derrick (drilling tower). Depending on the circumstances, the derrick > might be dismantled when the well is ready for production. > > Once a well is in production, a pumping rig (which I'd call a pumpjack) > is installed, to pull the crude up and into a pipeline or storage tank. > It's possible to have multiple pumpjacks for a single well -- they're > not synonymous. > > It's also possible to have a functioning petroleum well without any > notable surface-level equipment, especially a gas well. > > Jason > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
