SPOC Automation manufactures oilfield duty products that lower lifting costs and reduce energy consumption and emissions. We are known for developing technology that will allow users to get more product out of the ground, making this technology robust and easy to use, and providing world class service to our customers. We didn’t just make up our title of “North America’s largest independent artificial lifts controls manufacturer.” We earned it.
While our livelihood is dedicated to the international oil and gas industry, our roots actually run deep in the nonconventional gas fields of the Black Warrior Basin.
While working with across-the-line motor starters and controls in the coal bed methane (CBM) industry, Bobby Mason discovered that his variable frequency drive solution, which allowed a beam pump to operate without a dynamic brake chopper or resistors, could be applied to pumps that were de-watering methane gas wells. He soon realized that this automation solution was not just a local phenomenon; it could save customers energy and increase production throughout the oil and gas industry.
Mason and five employees launched SPOC Automation with the first SPOC product—the IronHorse beam pump drive. With their background in controls, Mason and his engineering team then introduced sensorless pump off control software (SPOC). The SPOC software was designed to reduce utility energy consumption and peak charges, and it set the standard for future products and the industry as a whole.
The Subduer ESP and HPS Series Drive soon joined the ranks of other SPOC products that have gone through an intense research, development and testing period in the field. This time of communicating and partnering with actual users is a central component of SPOC’s business, and it is something we take seriously. From punching code on a tailgate, to putting a unit on a trailer and taking it around the country for potential customers to try for themselves, the SPOC team is dedicated to the industry. And we take pride in our products and how they help you solve problems.
By taking our deep experience in controls and focusing it to the oil and gas market, our team members have become experts at making the oilfield applications work. And when it comes to customer service, our motto of “Treat them like kings, price like brothers” lets you know that for us, our customers really come first. We are proud to show it every day.
The oil and gas industry is going to change in the future, as all industries do over time. SPOC will be there to change with the industry the same way we adapt to each customer and application.