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Antique Oilfield Machinery Sound Effects

Hear a sonic snapshot of the past in the Antique Oilfield Machinery sound effects library. A time capsule of clips from another age, this bundle showcases the sounds from one of the oldest commercial oil fields in the world.

Listen to recordings of machines more than 160 years old from pumpjacks, flywheel and belt central power rigs, wood gearbox field wheels, and line-and-rod jerker power-transfer systems.

A perfect fit for Western films, TV shows (Landman), period piece Age of Sail productions, or sound design steampunk elements.

Feel the slow, ponderous movement of metal, steel, and wood squeaks and creaks, gearboxes clacking and massive clattering and slapping belt-and-flywheel power systems, all with the organic wear and imperfection of pre-industrial machinery.

Types of Oilfield Machinery Sound Effects

Recorded at Petrolia Discovery in Lambton County, Canada, the authentic antique oilfield machinery sound effects include:

Pumpjacks (1890-1920): 3 different types of oil well machines (wood, metal, electrical) pumping oil with squeaking, creaking, see-sawing repetitive machinery sounds.

Fitzgerald Rig (1903): a massive central power rig that powers multiple wells and pumpjacks at once. Hear focused perspectives of its engine, enormous flywheels, belt-drive system, crankshaft, and clattering wooden pitman arm in mechanical whines, whirs, slaps, cranks, and smacks.

Field Wheel

Field Wheel

Field wheel (aprox. 1860-1880): a huge wooden mechanical gearbox that transfers power to the pumpjacks. Listen to cycling wooden clicks and clacks.

Jerker-line system: a power transfer system with shivering metal rods and rattling wooden poles, unique to the oilfield.

The bundle features:

Machinery

  • Wooden pumpjack
  • Metal pumpjack
  • Electrical pumpjack
  • Field wheel – antique wooden gearbox
  • Fitzgerald Rig – massive multiple-flywheel and belt power system with wood and metal gearboxes

Microphones

  • Mono (omni)
  • Stereo (AB, MS)
  • Boundary
  • Ambisonics (360° audio)
  • Nearby and medium distant

 

Pro Looped Antique Oilfield Machinery Sound Effects

Airborne Sound Pro Looped Sound Effects

Also available: 54 bonus loop-ready versions of multiple perspectives of the antique oilfield machinery sound effects. The alternative repeating versions of the clips have been crafted to loop seamlessly and sit beneath your headlining tracks.

Read more about loop-ready bonus tracks.

Key Features

  • 74 antique oilfield machinery sound effect clips
  • 54 bonus pro looped sounds + 8 Ambisonics sounds + 53 outtakes.
  • 96 kHz, 24-bit mono, stereo and bonus 4-channel Ambisonics WAV files.
  • 9.64 gigabytes.
  • Top quality clips: professionally recorded, expertly mastered, and lovingly curated.
  • Quick access: instant, secure download.
  • Smooth workflow: extensive descriptive embedded metadata in multiple formats helps find sounds fast.

Antique Oilfield Machinery Sound Effects Library Includes:

  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously, hub perspective, AB, Usi
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously, hub perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously, hub perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously, hub perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously, hub perspective, XY, NTSF1
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously from a medium distance, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously from a medium distance, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, center perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, center perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, DPA4062
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, medium flywheel axle perspective, CUB01
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, medium flywheel axle perspective, DPA4062
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, medium flywheel axle perspective, PZM30FS
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, medium flywheel motor perspective, DPA4060
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, small flywheel perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, small flywheel perspective, Belt, DPA4060
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, small flywheel perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, small flywheel perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, center perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, center perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, DPA4062
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, medium flywheel axle perspective, CUB01
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, medium flywheel axle perspective, DPA4062
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, medium flywheel axle perspective, PZM30FS
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, medium flywheel motor perspective, DPA4060
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, small flywheel perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, small flywheel belt perspective, DPA4060
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, small flywheel perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, small flywheel perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, center perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, center perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, DPA4062
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, medium flywheel axle perspective, CUB01
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, medium flywheel axle perspective, DPA4062
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, medium flywheel axle perspective, PZM30FS
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, medium flywheel motor perspective, DPA4060
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, small flywheel perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, small flywheel belt perspective, DPA4060
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, small flywheel perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, small flywheel perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, crank perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, crank perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, crank perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, motor rear perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, motor rear perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, motor side perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, motor side perspective, XY, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, bridle and stuffing box perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, bridle and stuffing box perspective, XY, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, jerker rod with crank left perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, jerker rod with crank left perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, jerker rod with crank left perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, from a medium distance, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, from a medium distance, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, bridle and stuffing box perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, bridle and stuffing box perspective, XY, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, crank with jerker rod right perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, crank with jerker rod right perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, crank with jerker rod right perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, from a medium distance, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, from a medium distance, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously, crank and jerker rod perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously, crank and jerker rod perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously, crank and jerker rod perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously, crank and jerker rod perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously, crank and jerker rod perspective, XY, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously from a medium distance, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously from a medium distance, MS, MKH 8050 30

Antique Oilfield Machinery Pro Looped Sound Effects Includes:

  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously in a loop, hub perspective, AB, Usi
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously in a loop, hub perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously in a loop, hub perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously in a loop, hub perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously in a loop, hub perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously in a loop, hub perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously in a loop from a medium distance, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously in a loop from a medium distance, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, center perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, center perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, center perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, DPA4062
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, medium flywheel axle perspective, CUB01
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, medium flywheel axle perspective, DPA4062
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, medium flywheel axle perspective, PZM30FS
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, medium flywheel motor perspective, DPA4060
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, small flywheel perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, small flywheel belt perspective, DPA4060
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, small flywheel perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously in a loop, small flywheel perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously in a loop, crank perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously in a loop, crank perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously in a loop, crank perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously in a loop, motor, rear perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously in a loop, motor, rear perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously in a loop, motor, side perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously in a loop, motor, side perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously in a loop, motor, side perspective, XY, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, in a loop, bridle and stuffing box perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, in a loop, bridle and stuffing box perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, in a loop, bridle and stuffing box perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, in a loop, jerker rod with crank left perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, in a loop, jerker rod with crank left perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, in a loop, jerker rod with crank left perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, in a loop from a medium distance, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, in a loop from a medium distance, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, in a loop, bridle and stuffing box perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, in a loop, bridle and stuffing box perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, in a loop, bridle and stuffing box perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, in a loop, crank with jerker rod right perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, in a loop, crank with jerker rod right perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, in a loop, crank with jerker rod right perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, in a loop from a medium distance, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, in a loop from a medium distance, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously in a loop, crank and jerker rod perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously in a loop, crank and jerker rod perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously in a loop, crank and jerker rod perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously in a loop, crank and jerker rod perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously in a loop, crank and jerker rod perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously in a loop, crank and jerker rod perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously in a loop from a medium distance, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously in a loop from a medium distance, MS, MKH 8050 30

Antique Oilfield Machinery Bonus Ambisonics Sound Effects Includes:

  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously, hub perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 1, center perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 2, center perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously 3, center perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, motor side perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 1, bridle and stuffing box perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously 2, bridle and stuffing box perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, wooden style, running continuously, crank and jerker rod perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1

Antique Oilfield Machinery Bonus Outtake Sound Effects Includes:

  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously, outtake, hub perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously, outtake, hub perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Field wheel gearbox, wooden style with wood and metal rods, running continuously, outtake, hub perspective, XY, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 1, center perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 1, center perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 1, center perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 1, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 1, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 1, small flywheel perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 1, small flywheel perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 1, small flywheel perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 2, center perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 2, center perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 2, center perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 2, small flywheel perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 2, small flywheel perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 2, small flywheel perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 3, center perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 3, center perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 3, center perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 3, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 3, crankshaft and pitman arm perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 3, small flywheel perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 3, small flywheel perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 3, small flywheel perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 4, center perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 4, center perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumping rig, rod-line style, running continuously, outtake 4, center perspective, ORTF, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 1, crank perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 1, crank perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 1, crank perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 1, motor, rear perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 1, motor, rear perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 2, crank perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 2, crank perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 2, crank perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 2, motor rear perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 2, motor rear perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 3, motor rear perspective, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 3, motor rear perspective, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 4, crank perspective, AB, Usi
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 4, crank perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, electric style, running continuously, outtake 4, crank perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously, outtake 1, bridle and stuffing box perspective, AmbiX, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously, outtake 1, bridle and stuffing box perspective, Binaural, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously, outtake 1, bridle and stuffing box perspective, XY, NTSF1
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously, outtake 1, crank and jerker rod perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously, outtake 1, crank and jerker rod perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously, outtake 1, from a medium distance, MS Decoded, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously, outtake 1, from a medium distance, MS, MKH 8050 30
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously, outtake 2, jerker rod with crank left perspective, MS Decoded, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously, outtake 2, jerker rod with crank left perspective, MS, 8CL
  • Pumpjack, metal style, running continuously, outtake 2, jerker rod with crank left perspective, AB, Usi
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