Walk flow lines to locate leaks, using electronic detectors and by making visual inspections, and repair the leaks.

“Walk flow lines to locate leaks, using electronic detectors and by making visual inspections, and repair the leaks.” is a core task performed by Roustabouts, Oil and Gas. Among the occupation's 13 rated tasks, workers place it 10th by importance (#4 most important). About 84% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Maintain tools or equipment. in Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Unscrew or tighten pipes, casing, tubing, and pump rods, using hand and power wrenches and tongs. · importance 3.9
• Dismantle and repair oil field machinery, boilers, and steam engine parts, using hand tools and power tools. · importance 3.6
• Guide cranes to move loads about decks. · importance 3.6
• Dig holes, set forms, and mix and pour concrete into forms to make foundations for wood or steel derricks. · importance 3.4
• Bolt together pump and engine parts. · importance 3.4
• Move pipes to and from trucks, using truck winches and motorized lifts, or by hand. · importance 3.4
• Supply equipment to rig floors as requested and provide assistance to roughnecks. · importance 3.3
• Clean up spilled oil by bailing it into barrels. · importance 3.2
• Dig drainage ditches around wells and storage tanks. · importance 3.0
• Cut down and remove trees and brush to clear drill sites, to reduce fire hazards, and to make way for roads to sites. · importance 2.9
• Keep pipe deck and main deck areas clean and tidy.
• Bolt or nail together wood or steel framework to erect derricks.

See all tasks on the Roustabouts, Oil and Gas page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Walk flow lines to locate leaks, using electronic detectors and by making visual inspections, and repair the leaks.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-20145}
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