JOB KEY FOR
PETROLEUM TECHNICIANS & TECHNOLOGISTS
Petroleum Technicians and Technologists assist scientists in both
laboratory and production activities in the use of electrical,
gravity-measuring, sonic, or nuclear measuring instruments to obtain
data indicating potential sources of metallic ore, gas, or petroleum.
They analyze mud and drill cuttings to determine petroleum and mineral
content and physical characteristics. They chart pressure,
temperature, and other characteristics of oil and gas wells, bore
holes, or producing wells. They investigate and collect information
concerning oil well drilling operations, geological and geophysical
prospecting, and land and lease contracts from other oil fields, that
lead to possible discovering of new oil fields.
Local estimates of jobs in this occupation are not available.
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