| Job Title |
Formation-testing Operator |
| Job Description |
Analyzes Samples Of Fluids From Specified Formations In Oil
Well To Determine Productivity Of Strata, Using Special Testing
Equipment: Assembles Valve Device And Automatic Pressure
Recorder On Drilling Floor, Using Handtools. Directs Rotary
Driller (petrol. & Gas) To Lower Section Of Drill Pipe
Containing Instruments Into Well To Specified Depth. Opens Valve
By Surface Control To Obtain Sample Of Fluids In Valve Device
And To Chart Pressure Of Fluid-giving Formation. Closes Valve
And Directs Rotary Driller (petrol. & Gas) To Raise Pipe And
Equipment. Analyzes Chemical Content Of Sample And Interprets
Pressure Readings To Determine Presence And Quantity Of Oil,
Gas, Water, Or Other Materials In Formation. May Send Sample Of
Fluids From Formation To Laboratory For Analysis. May Perforate
Boreholes [perforator Operator, Oil Well (petrol. & Gas)].
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