Analyze data to recommend placement of wells and supplementary processes to enhance production.

“Analyze data to recommend placement of wells and supplementary processes to enhance production.” is a core task performed by Petroleum Engineers. Among the occupation's 23 rated tasks, workers place it 19th by importance (#5 most important). About 71% 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.

• Analyze environmental or geospatial data. in Analyzing Data or Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

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 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Specify and supervise well modification and stimulation programs to maximize oil and gas recovery. · importance 4.2
• Test machinery and equipment to ensure that it is safe and conforms to performance specifications. · importance 4.1
• Monitor production rates, and plan rework processes to improve production. · importance 4.1
• Maintain records of drilling and production operations. · importance 4.0
• Assist engineering and other personnel to solve operating problems. · importance 4.0
• Assign work to staff to obtain maximum utilization of personnel. · importance 4.0
• Direct and monitor the completion and evaluation of wells, well testing, or well surveys. · importance 4.0
• Develop plans for oil and gas field drilling, and for product recovery and treatment. · importance 4.0
• Assess costs and estimate the production capabilities and economic value of oil and gas wells, to evaluate the economic viability of potential drilling sites. · importance 3.8
• Simulate reservoir performance for different recovery techniques, using computer models. · importance 3.8
• Confer with scientific, engineering, and technical personnel to resolve design, research, and testing problems. · importance 3.8
• Design and implement environmental controls on oil and gas operations. · importance 3.7
• Supervise the removal of drilling equipment, the removal of any waste, and the safe return of land to structural stability when wells or pockets are exhausted. · importance 3.7
• Interpret drilling and testing information for personnel. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Petroleum Engineers 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  = {Analyze data to recommend placement of wells and supplementary processes to enhance production.},
  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-3581}
}