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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Mud Logger” be Automated?

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AI Exposure Risk

53%

“Mud Logger” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 53% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

45%

“Mud Logger” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 45% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Assist scientists or engineers in the use of electronic, sonic, or nuclear measuring instruments in laboratory, exploration, and production activities to obtain data indicating resources such as metallic ore, minerals, gas, coal, or petroleum. Analyze mud and drill cuttings. Chart pressure, temperature, and other characteristics of wells or bore holes.

Avg. Annual Salary $58,220
Avg. Hourly Wage $27.99
Available Jobs (US) 9,710
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians #19-4043
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Prepare or review professional, technical, or other reports regarding sampling, testing, or recommendations of data analysis.

  • Adjust or repair testing, electrical, or mechanical equipment or devices.

  • Set up or direct set-up of instruments used to collect geological data.

  • Create photographic recordings of information, using equipment.

  • Conduct geophysical surveys of potential sites for wind farms or solar installations to determine their suitability.

  • Prepare notes, sketches, geological maps, or cross-sections.

  • Supervise well exploration, drilling activities, or well completions.

  • Collaborate with hydrogeologists to evaluate groundwater or well circulation.

  • Evaluate and interpret seismic data with the aid of computers.

  • Collect geological data from potential geothermal energy plant sites.

  • Record readings in order to compile data used in prospecting for oil or gas.

  • Apply new technologies, such as improved seismic imaging techniques, to locate untapped oil or natural gas deposits.

  • Collect data on underground areas, such as reservoirs, that could be used in carbon sequestration operations.

  • Compile data used to address environmental issues, such as the suitability of potential landfill sites.

  • Evaluate and interpret core samples and cuttings, and other geological data used in prospecting for oil or gas.

  • Plot information from aerial photographs, well logs, section descriptions, or other databases.

  • Participate in geological, geophysical, geochemical, hydrographic, or oceanographic surveys, prospecting field trips, exploratory drilling, well logging, or underground mine survey programs.

  • Operate or adjust equipment or apparatus used to obtain geological data.

  • Test and analyze samples to determine their content and characteristics, using laboratory apparatus or testing equipment.

  • Assess the environmental impacts of development projects on subsurface materials.

  • Plan and direct activities of workers who operate equipment to collect data.

  • Compile, log, or record testing or operational data for review and further analysis.

  • Read and study reports in order to compile information and data for geological and geophysical prospecting.

  • Collect or prepare solid or fluid samples for analysis.

  • Inspect engines for wear or defective parts, using equipment or measuring devices.

  • Measure geological characteristics used in prospecting for oil or gas, using measuring instruments.

  • Interview individuals, and research public databases in order to obtain information.

  • Participate in the evaluation of possible mining locations.

  • Assemble, maintain, or distribute information for library or record systems.

Technologies & Software

  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Techsia Techlog
  • Inventory management systems
  • Consensus
  • Seismic Micro-Technology KINGDOM
  • Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
  • Database software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Elicit
  • Dynamic Graphics EarthVision
  • Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Perplexity AI
  • IHS Petra
  • Global positioning system GPS software
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Scite AI
  • Petroleum Software Technologies
  • Golden Software Surfer
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • Landmark Graphics GeoGraphix
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Midland Valley 2DMove
  • petroWEB Global Seismic Library
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • DeepSeek
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Microsoft Word
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Geographic information system GIS software
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Landmark SeisWorks
  • Clark Labs IDRISI Andes
  • SAP software
  • Parallel Geoscience SPW
  • Juniper Systems LandMark Mobile
  • Surface III
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Halliburton ProMAX
  • Martin D Adamiker's TruFlite
  • Microsoft Access
  • Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Schlumberger GeoFrame
  • SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Soil augers
  • Laboratory pulverizers
  • Rock saws
  • Hydraulic vibracorers
  • Stadia rods
  • Hand lenses
  • Optical particle detectors
  • Proton magnetometers
  • Sample microsplitters
  • Planimeters
  • Turbidimeters
  • Volumetric flasks
  • Hand augers
  • Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers
  • Electronic digital levels
  • Glass laboratory crucibles
  • Hand levels
  • Cryogenic magnetometers
  • Fluorescence microscopes
  • Power rock coring drills
  • Scientific calculators
  • Dissolved organic carbon analyzers
  • Binocular polarizing microscopes
  • Digital seismographs
  • Directional compasses
  • Glass beakers
  • Inductively coupled plasma ICP optical emission spectrometers
  • Terrain conductivity meters
  • Sieve shakers
  • Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Digital pH meters
  • Jaw crushers
  • Desktop computers
  • Rock picks
  • Clinometers
  • Surveillance binoculars
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Microwave digestion systems
  • Rotary pulverizers
  • Laboratory drying ovens
  • Glass graduated cylinders
  • Earth drills
  • Chipmunk crushers
  • Laboratory sieves
  • Single crystal x ray diffractometers
  • Pocket transits
  • Ground penetrating radar GPR systems
  • Portable dataloggers
  • 35 millimeter cameras
  • Digital micropipettes
  • Laser rangefinders
  • Dissolved salt meters
  • Shatterboxes
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Top-loading electronic balances
  • Glass funnels
  • Calorimeters
  • Soil core samplers
  • Heated magnetic stirrers
  • High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
  • Conductivity indicators
  • Piezometers
  • Abney levels
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Automatic burets
  • Glass dropping pipettes
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Survey altimeters
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Electronic distance meters
  • Personal computers
  • Water distillation units
  • Gravitational field indicators
  • X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
  • Digital cameras
  • Total stations
  • Electronic laboratory balances
  • Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Total sulfur analyzers
  • Digital hydrometers
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • General purpose burets
  • Spinner magnetometers
  • Gas chromatography equipment
  • Digital chlorine testers
  • Magnetometers
  • Laptop computers
  • Global positioning system GPS receivers
  • Fluorescence spectrophotometers
  • Electronic digital theodolites
  • Geological hammers
  • Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN analyzers
  • Water sampling bailers

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