mud logger
Code 2114.1.7
Mud loggers analyse the drilling fluids after they have been drilled up. They analyse the fluids in a laboratory. Mud loggers determine the position of hydrocarbons with respect to depth. They also monitor natural gas and identify lithology.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- natural gas
- geology
- chemical processes
- chemistry
Skills and competences
- perform sample testing
- examine geochemical samples
- monitor equipment condition
- work safely with chemicals
- prepare samples for testing
- perform data analysis
- collect samples
- write production reports
- test oil samples
- test samples for pollutants
- tomar muestras de petróleo
- conduct soil sample tests
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