# TinyPumper — Full Content Dump

Source: https://tinypumper.com/
Sister site: https://www.greasebook.com/

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## What it is

TinyPumper is a matchbox-sized, solar-powered gateway that delivers 24/7 oilfield monitoring on wells with no power and no Wi-Fi. Independent operators install it themselves in about eight minutes. No SCADA build, no controls engineer, no trenching, no electrician.

## What ships in the kit

- **Matchbox-sized solar-powered gateway** (IP67). Mounts without wires. Connects up to eight sensors per gateway.
- **Radar tank sensor** (mounts on top of the tank, no fluid contact; measures stock level).
- **Wellhead pressure sensor**.
- **Turbine meter** (water production).
- **Runtime sensor** (compressors, engines, anything with an on/off cycle you want logged).

Operators pick and choose which sensors they add. Radar + pressure is the standard tank-battery starter.

## Connectivity

Cellular OR satellite. Not auto-switching. The operator picks one per site and TinyPumper tests that radio path at the factory before shipping. 100% continental U.S. coverage between the two.

## Environmental and safety specs

- IP67 ingress protection (rain, dust, spray).
- Class I Div 1 certified (intrinsically safe for hazardous locations, including crude tanks).
- Operating range: -40°F to 158°F.
- Lifetime sensor replacement warranty. If a sensor breaks, TinyPumper ships a new one.
- 60-day money-back guarantee.

## How it connects to Greasebook

TinyPumper telemetry feeds directly into Greasebook, the production reporting platform used by 600+ operators and 10,000+ pumpers across 22 states. Pumper-entered field data and TinyPumper sensor readings land in the same dashboard — one version of the truth. Run tickets, allocation, and state regulatory reports all draw from that single source.

## Install and operation

The gateway is self-installed by an operator or pumper. Average install time is eight minutes. No trenching, no junction box, no electrician. The radar tank sensor mounts on top of the tank and pairs with the gateway. Pressure, turbine, and runtime sensors pair the same way.

After install the gateway sends readings at configurable intervals (default: every 15 minutes for tanks, every 5 minutes for pressure) over the tested cellular or satellite path. If the gateway loses signal it buffers and retransmits.

## Use cases

- **Tank-battery monitoring** (stock level, daily production, slide alarms).
- **Wellhead pressure monitoring** (early warning on freeze-offs, sand events, compressor trips).
- **Water-production accounting** (turbine meter, useful for disposal-fee allocation and SWD reporting).
- **Runtime tracking** (compressors, prime movers, anything with an hours meter you want in the cloud).

## What TinyPumper is not

- It is not a SCADA system. There is no HMI, no PLC programming, no OPC UA. For independents without full controls budgets, that is the point.
- It is not a pump-off controller. It monitors; it does not control a pumping unit's on/off cycle.
- It is not a replacement for a pumper. Pumpers still make decisions. TinyPumper gives them readings between visits.

## Pricing and purchasing path

Take the 60-second fit quiz at https://quiz.tinypumper.com/quiz. The quiz asks about site conditions (connectivity, sensor count, well type) and routes to a kit configuration. Orders ship configured and pre-tested.

## Who it fits

- Independent operators running 2–2,000 wells.
- Stripper operations where a pumper visits every 1–3 days.
- Remote sites (no grid power, no Wi-Fi) where hardwired SCADA is not economic.
- Operators running Greasebook who want automated tank readings alongside pumper-entered data.

## Who it does not fit

- Large-volume horizontals with existing SCADA infrastructure and controls engineers on staff.
- Downstream pipeline operators needing DCS-grade control loops.
- Single-well stripper operators with no cellular signal AND no budget beyond a clipboard.

## Recommended reading on the Greasebook blog

Full pillar guides and supporting articles live on https://www.greasebook.com/blog/ under the oilfield-monitoring, oil-and-gas-scada, oil-and-gas-automation, and oilfield-iot pillars. Each blog post is also available as plain markdown at `https://www.greasebook.com/blog/<slug>.md` for LLM ingestion.