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Basic API Downhole Pump Nomenclature

RHA

RWA
RSA

RHB

RWB
RSB

RHT

RWT
RST

TH

TP

API ROD (INSERT) PUMPS

Thin-Wall, Metal Plunger
RWA - Stationary Barrel, Top Anchor
RWB - Stationary Barrel, Bottom Anchor
RWT - Traveling Barrel, Bottom Anchor

Thin-Wall, Soft-Packed Plunger
RSA - Stationary Barrel, Top Anchor
RSB - Stationary Barrel, Bottom Anchor
RST - Traveling Barrel, Bottom Anchor

Heavy-Wall, Metal Plunger (Deep Wells)
RHA - Stationary Barrel, Top Anchor
RHB - Stationary Barrel, Bottom Anchor
RHT - Traveling Barrel, Bottom Anchor

API TUBING PUMPS

TH - Heavy-Wall Barrel Pumps with Metal Plungers

TP - Heavy-Wall "Working Barrel" Pumps with Soft-Packed Plungers
     (Often referred to as a "standard pump" in Western Kentucky.)

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