how does an oil derrick work to extract oil?

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It’s all by itself with no other machinery nearby and just goes up and down. What’s the processes here?

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It pulls the oil up into a pipe that flows off to a reservoir. Down at the bottom of the well is a mechanism with two valves that alternate opening and closing with the up and down stroke, and this interaction creates a system that can pump the fluid from deep underground up to ground level.

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