What does a oil field pumper do?

Answer 1

Operate engines and pumps in order to shut off wells according to production schedules, and to switch flow of oil into storage tanks.

• Monitor control panels during pumping operations in order to ensure that materials are being pumped at the correct pressure, density, rate, and concentration.
• Perform routine maintenance on vehicles and equipment.
• Repair gas and oil meters and gauges.
• Unload and assemble pipes and pumping equipment, using hand tools.

• Attach pumps and hoses to wellheads.
• Open valves to return compressed gas to bottoms of specified wells in order to repressurize them and force oil to surface.
• Supervise oil pumpers and other workers engaged in producing oil from wells.
• Start compressor engines, and divert oil from storage tanks into compressor units and auxiliary equipment in order to recover natural gas from oil.
• Prepare trucks and equipment necessary for the type of pumping service required.
• Drive trucks in order to transport high-pressure pumping equipment, and chemicals, fluids, or gases to be pumped into wells.
• Mix acids, chemicals, or dry cement as required for a specific job.
• Control pumping and blending equipment to acidize, cement, or fracture gas or oil wells and permeable rock formations.