| Job Title |
Crude-oil Treater |
| Job Description |
Operates Chemical, Electrical, And Centrifugal Oil-treatment
Units To Remove Sediment And Water From Crude Oil Before
Transporting Oil By Pipeline To Refineries: Opens Valves And
Starts Pumps To Pump Oil From Storage Tanks To Treating Units.
Opens Valves To Mix Specified Chemicals With Oil, And Adjusts
Controls To Heat Mixture To Specified Temperature. Starts
Centrifugal Machines That Break Up Oil And Water Emulsions And
Drain Off Water. Opens Valves And Starts Pumps To Transfer Oil
Into Settling Tanks Where Sediment Is Precipitated From Oil.
Tests Sample In Gravity- Or Centrifugal-separation Machine To
Determine Content Of Oil Specified For Pipeline Transportation.
Pumps Treated Oil Into Pipelines Leading To Refinery. Cleans And
Lubricates Motors, Pumps, And Other Moving Parts Of Units.
Records Data, Such As Volume Of Oil Treated, Operating
Temperatures Of Units, And Test Results. May Operate Pumps At
Oil Well Sites [oil Pumper (petrol. & Gas)]. May Tend
Treating-plant Equipment To Remove Impurities From Natural Gas
[gas Treater (any Industry)].
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