Field Notes

Writing for the wells nobody else builds for

Practical, no-pitch notes from the field — for operators of marginal and stripper wells across America.

Field OperationsMay 8, 20267 min readFeatured

The 3 AM Phone Call: Why Stripper Well Owners Are Done Driving Out to Check Pumps

If you operate marginal wells, you know the dread of a midnight call from a pumper. Here is what is actually costing you — and the small change that ends it.

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Operator EconomicsMay 6, 20269 min read

What Stripper Well Economics Actually Look Like in 2026 (And Where Monitoring Pays Back)

Most marginal wells in America are owned by small operators running on margins thinner than the spreadsheets in Houston ever model. Here is the real per-barrel math — and the two line items where monitoring actually moves the number.

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IndustryMarch 28, 20268 min read

Why SCADA Never Came to Marginal Wells — And What Quietly Replaced It

For 30 years, well monitoring meant SCADA: $15K per wellsite, weeks of installation, a control room nobody small enough to staff. Here is why it never reached the 770,000 marginal wells in America, and what changed in the last five years that finally fits the economics.

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