Oil operator:

See operator.

Terms Related to Oil operator

• Switcher (obsolete)

  Lease operator or pumper.

• Tell-tale

  Terminology used to describe a screen that, when packed off by gels, will give a pressure rise at the surface, thereby "telling" the tool operator ...

• Unit operator

  The oil company in charge of development and production in an oilfield in which several companies have joined to produce the field.

• Fishing-tool operator

  The person (usually a service company employee) in charge of directing fishing operations.

• Mud engineer

  An employee of a drilling fluid supply company whose duty it is to test and maintain the drilling mud properties that are specified by the ...

• Operator

  The person or company, either proprietor or lessee, actually operating an oilwell or lease. Generally, the oil company by whom the drilling contractor is engaged.

• Roustabout

  A worker on an offshore rig who handles the equipment and supplies that are sent to the rig form the shore base. The head roustabout ...