To eliminate equipment compatibility issues and the prospect of additional spare-parts inventories for drilling contractors, the LeTourneau Ellis Williams Company (LEWCO) can factory-equip its heavy-duty W-Series and general-duty WH-Series mud pumps with virtually any major brand of fluid end module. Customers not specifying a particular brand receive LEWCO’s standard one-piece or two-piece fluid end modules made of quenched and tempered forged steel, featuring “off the shelf” expendables readily available from domestic and international sources.

LEWCO mud pumps are in-house manufactured. For maximum quality assurance -- with job-ready performance verified in advance -- every pump is tested under full load prior to shipment, in the company’s fully equipped, million-dollar “mud pump laboratory.” LEWCO pumps provide input ratings of 300 to 3,000 horsepower (224 kW to 2,237 kW) and deep-drilling discharge pressures as great as 7,500 pounds per square inch (527 kg/cm2). Their premium components include a pressurized lubrication system that force-feeds lubricant to all power-end bearings including upper and lower crosshead slides; a balanced forged steel crankshaft that reduces noise and vibration and helps extend component life throughout the pump; and a robust frame of double-wall, welded-steel, mounted on a heavy-duty oilfield skid.

The LeTourneau Ellis Williams Company builds high-performance mud pumps for oil and gas drilling (on land and offshore), petroleum production and processing, well-servicing, and horizontal directional drilling; as well as ancillary drilling products including pulsation dampeners; drawworks; rotary tables, transmissions, and drives; and swivels. Located in Houston, Texas, LEWCO is a wholly owned subsidiary of LeTourneau Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of self-elevating offshore drilling rigs, forestry equipment, and wheel loaders.

For more information, contact the LEWCO Sales Department at 6500 Brittmoore Road, Houston, TX 77241-1343; telephone 1-888-MUD-PUMP (683-7867), fax 713-856-5341; e-mail pumps@lewco-equip.com. Or visit www.lewco-equip.com.