Oil well pumpjack
Oil well pumpjack Credit: Line Energy, LLC
2 white painted oil storage tanks and a gunbarrel style water separator
Tank battery including; 2 oil storage tanks (left) and gun-barrel style water separator (right) Credit: Line Energy, LLC
older styled oil well pumpjack
Oil well pumpjack. Credit: Line Energy, LLC

Barrels of Wisdom: A Practical Guide to Oil Well Ownership-Part 1

Steve L.
5 min readApr 14, 2024

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Buying an oil well sounds complicated and information is scarce. I found out how something complicated, can be simplified so anyone can do it!

Step aside, J.R. Ewing, there’s a new oil baron in Texas!

Dallas…My introduction to oil

I grew up a child of the 1970s and 80’s. I loved Friday night television on CBS, especially Dallas!

Tuning in weekly to see what the main character J.R’s latest oil scheme kept the nation’s interest. Oil was at an all time high in the late 70’s, and it was a boom.

I was a poor kid, so tuning in on CBS to see how people who have money live was inspiring!

Although Dallas was a fictional soap opera, I believed that everyone in the oil biz was rich. It left an impression on me as young future entrepreneur that one day, I wanted to have…

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Steve L.

I write on diverse real life experiences; success and failure in business, hunting, land, finance, psychology, relationships, and female-positive erotica.