A valuable reference for industry professionals and engineering students, this book boasts clear language, real-world scenarios, and valuable equations.
S. G. (Sam) Gibbs was born in Lufkin, Texas in 1932. At his father’s urging he became a mechanical engineer at Texas A&M (1954). He was hired by Shell but soon was drafted into the U. S. Army. After military service he returned to Shell and was assigned in Midland, Texas, as unit engineer. Later he left to get his Masters at A&M, this time in mathematics (1960). Shell Development then hired him as a production engineering researcher in Houston. There he developed wave equation diagnostic and design methods for rod pumped wells now used worldwide. During this period he also received his Ph.D. from Rice University (1968) and served as head of drilling research…
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“The author’s passion for the art and science of “Well Weighing” is the solid foundation of this all-encompassing textbook on Rod Pumping… [The] chapters form a solid and very detailed physical background for developing a thorough understanding of the mechanics and operation of the pumping system”
Professor Augusto L. Podio
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
The University of Texas, Austin
