(Reuters) - General Electric Co is buying oilfield pump maker Lufkin Industries Inc for $2.98 billion, sharply increasing its presence in the fast-growing market to extract oil and natural gas from ...

GOLDSMITH It’s Friday, which means it’s hamburger day at Benro Pump and Supply. Employees of this family-owned company gather around the grill outside the garage. In the background are endless rows of ...

Q My friend had to modify his oil pan to clear the oil pump, so I fabricated an extension on the bottom of his pan using 1/16-inch steel plate, and then I TIG-welded it all together. Next, I filled ...

Oil pumps, known as “nodding donkeys” or pumpjacks, are operating round the clock as global crude prices surge past $109 per barrel. The spike, linked to escalating tensions in West Asia, has ...