Gas Processing Plant Operators

Control equipment, such as compressors, evaporators, heat exchangers, and refrigeration equipment to process gas for utility companies and for industrial use.

Job Task

• Controls fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment, to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.
• Adjusts temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas, according to test results and knowledge of process and equipment.
• Observes pressure, temperature, level, and flow gauges to ensure standard operation.
• Reads logsheet to ascertain demand and disposition of product or to detect equipment malfunctions.
• Records gauge readings and test results.
• Signals or directs workers tending auxiliary equipment.
• Cleans and repairs equipment, using hand tools.
• Calculates gas ratios, using testing apparatus, to detect deviations from specifications.
• Tests oxygen for purity and moisture content at various stages of process, using burette and moisture meter.
• Controls operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.

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