How do they match: Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas

  • Driller
  • Drilling Motorman

  • Rig derrick equipment and operate pumps to circulate mud or fluid through drill hole.

  • Control the viscosity and weight of the drilling fluid.
  • Listen to mud pumps and check regularly for vibration and other problems to ensure that rig pumps and drilling mud systems are working properly.
  • Start pumps that circulate mud through drill pipes and boreholes to cool drill bits and flush out drill cuttings.
  • Steady pipes during connection to or disconnection from drill or casing strings.
  • Weigh clay, and mix with water and chemicals to make drilling mud, using portable mixers.

  • Install drilling equipment.
  • Maintain drilling equipment.