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SERVICE-UNIT OPERATOR, OIL WELL

Specialty Definition: SERVICE-UNIT OPERATOR, OIL WELL

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Operates equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells, or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells, using specialized subsurface tools and instruments: Directs SAMPLE-TAKER OPERATOR (petrol. & gas) to assemble and connect pipe and hydraulic lines of flushing equipment to wellhead. Starts pumps which circulate water, oil, or other fluid through well, removing sand and other materials obstructing free flow of oil. Perforates well casing or sidewall of borehole with explosive charge [PERFORATOR OPERATOR, OIL WELL (petrol. & gas)]. Assembles and lowers detection instruments into wells having drill pipe, drilling tools, or other obstructions wedged in well. Interprets instrument readings to ascertain depth of obstruction. Directs lowering of specialized equipment to point of obstruction and pushes switches or pulls levers to back-off pipe by chemical or explosive action, or to sever pipe at point of obstruction, permitting recovery of pipestring and resumption of drilling operations. Assembles and operates sound wave generating and detecting mechanisms for determining fluid level in wells. May operate hoist to lower and raise tools [HOIST OPERATOR (petrol. & gas)]. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SERVICE-UNIT OPERATOR, OIL WELL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 45 52 56 49 43 45 2D 55 4E 49 54      4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 2C      4F 49 4C      57 45 4C 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01000101 01010010 01010110 01001001 01000011 01000101 00101101 01010101 01001110 01001001 01010100 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 00101100 00100000 01001111 01001001 01001100 00100000 01010111 01000101 01001100 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#69 &#82 &#86 &#73 &#67 &#69 &#45 &#85 &#78 &#73 &#84 &#32 &#79 &#80 &#69 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#79 &#73 &#76 &#32 &#87 &#69 &#76 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0045 0052 0056 0049 0043 0045 002D 0055 004E 0049 0054      004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 002C      004F 0049 004C      0057 0045 004C 004C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53395256433739155548435424950395235544952142494346257394646

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