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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Drill Operators

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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.

Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas · O*NET 47-5012.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

5 of 12tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

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    MCP server

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    MCP server

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    MCP server

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The tools this job actually uses

12 documented for this occupation. Showing 12, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Pythonhot
  • Salesforce softwarehot
  • SAP softwarehot
  • CAPSHER Technology SureTec
  • Drillingsoftware DrillPro
  • Drillingsoftware Tubular Database
  • Pason WellView Field Solution
  • Schlumberger Petrel E&P
  • Structure query language SQL

What this job involves

20 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 20.

  1. Train crews, and introduce procedures to make drill work more safe and effective.
  2. 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.
  3. Count sections of drill rod to determine depths of boreholes.
  4. 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.
  5. Connect sections of drill pipe, using hand tools and powered wrenches and tongs.
  6. Maintain records of footage drilled, location and nature of strata penetrated, materials and tools used, services rendered, and time required.
  7. Maintain and adjust machinery to ensure proper performance.
  8. Start and examine operation of slush pumps to ensure circulation and consistency of drilling fluid or mud in well.
  9. Locate and recover lost or broken bits, casings, and drill pipes from wells, using special tools.
  10. Weigh clay, and mix with water and chemicals to make drilling mud.
  11. Direct rig crews in drilling and other activities, such as setting up rigs and completing or servicing wells.
  12. Monitor progress of drilling operations, and select and change drill bits according to the nature of strata, using hand tools.
  13. Repair or replace defective parts of machinery, such as rotary drill rigs, water trucks, air compressors, and pumps, using hand tools.
  14. Cap wells with packers, or turn valves, to regulate outflow of oil from wells.
  15. Clean and oil pulleys, blocks, and cables.
  16. Line drilled holes with pipes, and install all necessary hardware, to prepare new wells.
  17. Bolt together pump and engine parts, and connect tanks and flow lines.
  18. Position and prepare truck-mounted derricks at drilling areas specified on field maps.
  19. Remove core samples during drilling to determine the nature of the strata being drilled.
  20. Plug observation wells, and restore sites.