Gas Plant Operators

What Does a Gas Plant Operators Do?

Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
• 2Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment.
• 3Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
• 4Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.
• 5Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.
• 6Determine causes of abnormal pressure variances, and make corrective recommendations, such as installation of pipes to relieve overloading.
• 7Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
• 8Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems.

Required Skills

• Monitoring
• Critical Thinking
• AspenTech HYSYS
• Google Android
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Operating log software
• Quorum PGAS
• SAP software

Gas Plant Operators Salary