Rocky Mountain Rod

Rocky Mountain Rod’s Inspection Shop was started in November 2004 in Casper, Wyoming.  The founders of Rocky Mountain Rod have worked in the oil industry all their lives and recognized a need for an independent rod inspection facility.  With sucker rods being a critical part of the oil well pumping system, wear from metal-to-metal contact inside the oil well tubing string lead to failures.

That’s where Rocky Mountain Rod comes in; oil companies send us used sucker rods that we inspect with our state of the art facility.  Leading the charge is Phil Winburn with over 30 years experience in sucker rod inspection.  Phil is recognized as a leader in the industry.  Phil’s background in inspection Quality Assurance and Safety Management will insure that the company is continually operated in the mode of “Quality is our prime concern and safety is our way of life.”

Rocky Mountain Rod Guiding Plant was started in 2006 with completion in the summer of 2007.  The Guiding Plant is a state of the art facility.  The rod string condition has direct impact on fluid lifting efficiency, and rod failures lead to a loss of production.  Proper attention to the integrity of a rod string can aid in obtaining optimum operating conditions.  The integrity of the string depends on the proper functioning of each individual sucker rod joint in the string.  Some rods are subjected to severe operational conditions such as corrosive fluids exposure, cyclic loading and lateral bending stresses, which can lead to material fatigue and deterioration.  failures in rod bodies and coupling connections are probably the most common types of metal failures in the oil industry. In many older oil fields, where artificial lift is required, pulling crews work day and night to keep the wells pumping. Sucker rod inspection can substantially reduce the failure rate and result in thousands of dollars saved by reducing pulling jobs and rod replacement cost.

• ·  Used sucker rod inspection at regular intervals can substantially 

•     reduce failure rate.

• ·  Usable sucker rods can be retained in service for maximum

•     return on investment.

• ·  Defective rods are eliminated from the string.

Preventive maintenance costs a lot less than a rod or tubing failure.

The American Petroleum Institute states, "We consider shot peening, when properly controlled and applied, a satisfactory method of cold working a metal surface to improve fatigue life."