Workhorse of the Oil Fields: Pumpjacks at Ease

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You can see pump jacks as they are called or some of the equipment used to pump oil out of the ground everywhere you look in some parts of the southeastern New Mexico "oil patch."
Here are some of those pump jacks all parked and ready to go when needed.
They are off the highway just south of Loco Hills, New Mexico. " Loco " is the Spanish word for " crazy. "
I do not know where the town got its name, and there really is very little to the town today except for some oil field offices. Many of those offices struggle to stay open today because of New Mexico Bill Richardson' s excessive use of environmental rules. His rules have driven a lot of oil companies out of the south eastern New Mexico oil fields. Between him and the environmentalists who work with President Barrak Obama, further development of oil resources in southeastern New Mexico is at a standstill as everyone waits for further costly restrictions expected because of Obama' s " green initiatives. "
Protect the environment, yes, but it can be done without destroying the lives of people.