Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve well conditions.

“Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve well conditions.” is a supplemental task performed by Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas. Among the occupation's 19 rated tasks, workers place it 3rd by importance (#17 most important). About 54% 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

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: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools. · importance 4.6
• Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs. · importance 4.5
• Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions. · importance 4.5
• Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes. · importance 4.4
• Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads. · importance 4.3
• Direct drilling crews performing activities such as assembling and connecting pipe, applying weights to drill pipes, or drilling around lodged obstacles. · importance 4.3
• Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells. · importance 4.2
• Operate pumps that circulate water, oil, or other fluids through wells to remove sand or other materials obstructing the free flow of oil. · importance 4.2
• Drive truck-mounted units to well sites. · importance 4.1
• Interpret instrument readings to ascertain the depth of obstruction. · importance 4.1
• Thread cables through derrick pulleys, using hand tools. · importance 4.0
• Select fishing methods or tools for removing obstacles such as liners, broken casing, screens, or drill pipe. · importance 3.9
• Apply green technologies or techniques, such as the use of coiled tubing, slim-hole drilling, horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, or gas lift systems. · importance 3.8
• Operate specialized equipment to remove obstructions by backing off or severing pipes by chemical or explosive action. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Service Unit Operators, 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.

@misc{singulariki-task-7086,
  title  = {Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve well conditions.},
  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-7086}
}