• Operators
  • Petroleum Plant and Facility Operator
  • NOCs #9232, #9241

Petroleum Plant and Facility Operator

Job Overview

You’re the keeper of a maze of pipes, tanks, pumps, boilers and towers. Petroleum plants and facilities operate around the clock and require ongoing maintenance and staffing. You are responsible for keeping these industrial facilities performing and producing.

Petroleum plant and facility operators control, operate, monitor, inspect, maintain and troubleshoot vital process control systems and equipment in plants and facilities found in the upstream petroleum industry. They play a key role in a company’s ability to operate efficiently and meet oil or gas production targets.

Petroleum plant and facility operators oversee equipment and processes in the field. This can range from small gathering pipelines that deliver oil or natural gas from one or more wells to a system of tanks and other surface equipment designed to separate and measure oil, natural gas and water.

Their roles are also required in central processing plants that are designed to separate oil, natural gas and bitumen from other substances, remove impurities and ready the product for transportation. As well, they are required in pipeline facilities such as pump stations, tank farms, terminals and compressor stations that transport oil, natural gas and bitumen for further processing or to market.

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