A visit to McClintock Well #1, the oldest active oil well in the world.

Stewart McKinley of Drake's Well Museum and Park shows us around the site as he pumps the famous well. Unfortunately (but not unexpectedly) it only pumped brine on this day. The oil only came after the water had all been pumped off.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

This well needs Zach to attend her to make product with a pumper and oil separator. This well looks like it makes enough gas to run a Reid pump of course it might be more productive to run electric. Where is the injection well in location to the oil well. A study of the geological area will find a way to make this well very productive even today.

[@Vile-Flesh]

Zach could certainly make this a better producer I bet.

[@wellscody86]

Thought I was the only one that just came from a Zach life viedo

[@ronblack7870]

seems it might be more worth trying to bottle that gas or pipe it somewhere or use it for an engine of some kind.

[@lancista91]

Heck, you could run a steam engine with it as is. Just hook it straight to a boiler.

[@patrickwelch620]

Why doesn't it use the gas to run its engine instead of the flare?

[@my_name_is_chef4856]

Environmentalist will scream “how long has that flame been burning!”

[@synapticburn]

my favorite thing on the internet is when someone is mad because an imaginary person might be mad

[@my_name_is_chef4856]

@@synapticburn I’m not mad I just think it’s funny thinking of someone being mad about that flame burning for however long it has. I mean they cry about cow farts for heaven’s sakes

[@matt420740]

​@@my_name_is_chef4856 "I just think it’s funny thinking of someone being mad about that flame burning" What in the actual fuck lol.....

[@my_name_is_chef4856]

@@matt420740 what?

[@AppliedOCD]

I want one of those tiny pumping units for my yard!

[@aarondelagarza8446]

You can find them here in South Texas South of San Antonio

[@richardtibbetts574]

Pretty Nifty 😊

[@mrantiqueiron6195]

why are the reid parts off and in storage we need it up and running to see real history in action

[@mrgoodtimes05]

With it having no weights on the jack, it must be shallow.

[@lawrenceaberle1988]

What year was this well drilled?

[@williamklein7712]

1861

[@bigdaddyww1]

Any record on the total bbls this thing has made

[@williamklein7712]

Not that I know of but Drake’s Well Museum may have some.

[@mzimm460]

what state

[@williamklein7712]

Pennsylvania

[@mzimm460]

Thats what i thought i always wanted to go tour the town like oil city Pa and take in the beginning of the oil industry

[@ghostdevill]

Swap that electric engine for a hit and run gasengine! Why pay for electric bills on a well if you can make it run on its own?

[@aarondelagarza8446]

That's called a gun barrel not a separater

[@foghornleghorn8536]

You might want to read up on the subject.