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2. Mud engineer - Wikipedia

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   Mud is a vital part of drilling operations. It provides hydrostatic pressure on the borehole wall to prevent uncontrolled production of reservoir fluids, lubricates and cools the drill bit, carries the drill cuttings up to the surface, forms a "filter-cake" on the borehole wall to prevent drilling fluid invasion, provides an information medium for well logging, and helps the drilling by ...

3. Tool pusher - Wikipedia

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   A tool pusher (sometimes toolpusher, pusher, or The Push) is an occupation within the oil drilling industry.. On a land drilling rig the tool pusher may be rig manager and responsible for all operations, but on drillships and offshore oil rigs, tool pushers are department heads in charge of the drilling department and reporting to the Master or Offshore Installation Manager depending on the ...

4. Petroleum engineering - Wikipedia

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   Drilling and production engineers tended to make the best base pay, US$160,026 for drilling engineers and US$158,964 for production engineers. Average base pay ranged from US$96,382-174,283. [ 19 ] There are still significant gender pay gaps, plus or minus 5% of the US average pay gap which was 18% difference in 2017.

5. Ohio Shale Drilling Spurs Job Hopes In Rust Belt - AOL

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   By Thomas J. Sheeran YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- A rare sight in hard-luck Youngstown, a new industrial plant, has generated hope that a surge in oil and natural gas drilling across a multistate ...

6. Derrickhand - Wikipedia

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   A derrickhand or derrickman is the person who sits atop the derrick on a drilling rig. [1] Though the exact duties vary from rig to rig, they almost always report directly to the driller. [2] Their job is to guide the stands of the drill pipe into the fingers at the top of the derrick.

7. 7 Oil Field Jobs Companies Are Desperate To Fill - AOL

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   There's just one problem: More oil requires more oil workers. By 2020, one industry report claims that the oil industry will have created an additional 1.3 million positions. "Even if we are ...