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Job Description

Set up or operate a variety of drills to remove underground oil and gas, or remove core samples for testing during oil and gas exploration.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-5012.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 57,140.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 27.00
Currently, there are 17,400 people on this job

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Tasks for “Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas”

Bolt together pump and engine parts, and connect tanks and flow lines.
Train crews, and introduce procedures to make drill work more safe and effective.
Remove core samples during drilling to determine the nature of the strata being drilled.
Push levers and brake pedals to control gasoline, diesel, electric, or steam draw works that lower and raise drill pipes and casings in and out of wells.
Maintain and adjust machinery to ensure proper performance.
Monitor progress of drilling operations, and select and change drill bits according to the nature of strata, using hand tools.
Maintain records of footage drilled, location and nature of strata penetrated, materials and tools used, services rendered, and time required.
Cap wells with packers, or turn valves, to regulate outflow of oil from wells.
Direct rig crews in drilling and other activities, such as setting up rigs and completing or servicing wells.
Repair or replace defective parts of machinery, such as rotary drill rigs, water trucks, air compressors, and pumps, using hand tools.
Observe pressure gauge and move throttles and levers to control the speed of rotary tables, and to regulate pressure of tools at bottoms of boreholes.
Line drilled holes with pipes, and install all necessary hardware, to prepare new wells.
Clean and oil pulleys, blocks, and cables.
Lower and explode charges in boreholes to start flow of oil from wells.
Plug observation wells, and restore sites.
Start and examine operation of slush pumps to ensure circulation and consistency of drilling fluid or mud in well.
Dig holes, set forms, and mix and pour concrete, for foundations of steel or wooden derricks.
Count sections of drill rod to determine depths of boreholes.
Locate and recover lost or broken bits, casings, and drill pipes from wells, using special tools.
Connect sections of drill pipe, using hand tools and powered wrenches and tongs.
Weigh clay, and mix with water and chemicals to make drilling mud.
Position and prepare truck-mounted derricks at drilling areas specified on field maps.

Related Technology & Tools

Stuck pipe tools
Hydraulic torque wrenches
Double studded adapters
Protective safety glasses
Explosives detonating equipment
Air hoists
Drill pipe tongs
Gear driven draw works
Slush pumps
Adapter spools
Truck mounted derricks
Drilling collars
Lifting taglines
Drill casings
Pipe covering blind flanges
Drilling spools
Cement pumping equipment
Personal computers
Oil drilling pipes
Pipe slips
Drilling chokes
Rig diesel engines
Protective harnesses
Drilling rig rotary tables
Reflective vests
Spacer spools
Gasoline engines
Chain driven draw works
Oil well blowout preventers
Drilling crosses
Claw hammers
Drilling swivels
Fall arrest systems
Well cementing units
Pressure recorders
Portable air compressors
Well drill bits
Accumulator systems
Drilling mud mixers
Mobile radios
Oil rig crown blocks
Power wrenches
Well packers
Choke manifolds
Mud mixing equipment
Downhole fishing tools
Hammer wrenches
Hard hats
Rotary drilling rigs
Drilling draw works
Traveling blocks
Multiphase flowmeters
Silicon controlled rectifiers SCR

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