Will “Oil Driller” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

53% Chance of Automation

“Oil Driller” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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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

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas”.

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Tasks for “Oil Driller”

Connect sections of drill pipe, using hand tools and powered wrenches and tongs.
Clean and oil pulleys, blocks, and cables.
Cap wells with packers, or turn valves, to regulate outflow of oil from wells.
Monitor progress of drilling operations, and select and change drill bits according to the nature of strata, 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.
Locate and recover lost or broken bits, casings, and drill pipes from wells, using special tools.
Repair or replace defective parts of machinery, such as rotary drill rigs, water trucks, air compressors, and pumps, using hand tools.
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.
Lower and explode charges in boreholes to start flow of oil from wells.
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.
Weigh clay, and mix with water and chemicals to make drilling mud.
Start and examine operation of slush pumps to ensure circulation and consistency of drilling fluid or mud in well.
Position and prepare truck-mounted derricks at drilling areas specified on field maps.
Maintain records of footage drilled, location and nature of strata penetrated, materials and tools used, services rendered, and time required.
Maintain and adjust machinery to ensure proper performance.
Line drilled holes with pipes, and install all necessary hardware, to prepare new wells.
Remove core samples during drilling to determine the nature of the strata being drilled.
Direct rig crews in drilling and other activities, such as setting up rigs and completing or servicing wells.
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.
Plug observation wells, and restore sites.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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