Gaylon Wampler Photography
For more than 20 years, Gaylon has photographed, oil, gas, mining, transportation and energy concerns worldwide. See more of Gaylon’s work at: www.GaylonWamplerPhotography.com
No Walk in the Park I have always been drawn to the world of oil, gas and natural resources. To photograph in that arena requires long days and nights, a lot of walking, climbing and caution — it’s often said “there’s a thousand ways to die on an oil rig.” I hope you enjoy browsing these images as much as I enjoyed capturing them. Gaylon Wampler Photography
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Drill pipe stacked and ready to be put into the ground at a drill site.
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Newly constructed salt water treatment site in North Dakota.
Left: A semi-submersible offshore drill rig is towed out of safe harbor in Texas on her way to Brazil. Right: Kansas crude oil and pump jack. 4
After a long day of work on an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Thailand, a roughneck gets some exercise on the helipad.
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Roughnecks prepare to spud a potential well in West Texas.
Texas roughnecks on a central Texas drill rig.
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Ocean tides move beneath an offshore drill rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Roughneck lays pipe as drilling mud and water back flow through the drill hole.
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A Pecos, Texas drilling and pumping site in the Permian Basin of West Texas
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Water is a pressing issue in oil & gas operations as millions of gallons are used while drilling. The oil & gas industry is leading the way in research leading to more conservation of those resources.
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Gas plant operations in West Texas.
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Pump jack and gas treatment plant, North Dakota.
Men on a work-over rig in West Texas.
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Men working on a water recovery system in a West Texas oilfield.
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Drill site in North Dakota.
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Midstream operations near Pecos, TX.
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Roughneck in North Dakota.
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Water treatment in the Bakken, North Dakota.
Western Colorado drill site.
Pump jacks in North Dakota.
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On the drill-rig floor.
Roughneck works on a blowout preventer underneath a drill rig.
Men discuss their work at a pipeline construction site in North Dakota.
A component for a gas treatment facility in the fields of North Dakota.
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A drill head is cleaned up after use.
Midstream operations in the Texas Panhandle.
A Kansas oilfield.
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Sunrise over a drill site in the Texas panhandle.
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Drilling Rig Move in the Permian Basin.
Pump jack is set up and start pumping, West Texas.
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Worker and his shadow.
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An offshore rig manager keeps an eye on operations from his office.
Off shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Drill site in the Texas panhandle.
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Sunset with mesquite and drill rig, West Texas.
A jack up offshore oil rig is prepared to be transported from harbor in South Texas.
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Drill operator sits in his control station at a drill site in Pennsylvania.
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Gears of an offshore jack-up drill rig.
A natural gas processing plant in New Mexico.
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Driller and rig, Nacogdoches, TX
Permian Basin operations near Midland, TX.
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A geologist stands looking over the mountains near Oaxaca, Mexico — searching for gold and silver deposits.
Montana Coal pit.
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Coal Mining operations in Montana
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Colorado gold mine with hauling truck.
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An ore truck heads up from a mining pit loaded with gold ore ready for processing in Peru.
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Coal-fired power plant in South Texas.
A mile below the surface in a gold and silver mine in Mexico.
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Workers prepare power lines as a storm approaches on the Gulf coast.
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Checking electric lines in Houston.
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Gold Mining operations in Oaxaca, Mexico
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Gold miner and operations near Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Once gold ore is brought up from the mine, it is washed with liquids. The bubbles that form on the surface hold the precious metals.
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Aircraft maintenance hangar, Tennessee.
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Aircraft mechanic.
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Mass Storage Engineer
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Aeronautics Engineer 50
Airline pilot.
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Aircraft maintenance.
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Gold miner, Mexico.
Coal miner, Texas.
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Liquid Gold is poured into casts for transportation from the mine to the market in Peru.
Chemist observes.
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Montana coal mining.
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South Texas power plant.
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Pipe manufacturer.
Pump jack, West Texas.
Pump jack and drill rig. Kansas.
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