Rules For Oil And Gas Technical Writer And Editor

By Etta Bowen


Writers for technical document have crucial responsibilities since they are mainly dealing with documents that are meant for products by a certain company. They are the ones who are making guides and manuals, product specification, white papers, business correspondence, project plans, and also test plans. This cannot be done with only one person, but by a team of authors and editors to create a uniform voice for these documents.

They are the ones who are being hired by companies and industries to write for their services and products. One example would be for oil and gas technical writer and editor which are somehow different than regular ones from other certain products. Since the business they are writing for is unique, their approach and process should be unique as well.

The type of industry for this one is sort of a niche of huge sums of money but with only little number of people related to it. Their procedures are highly complex as well, so this means that the writers need to convincingly make the documents. They have to have enough knowledge on their resources, their explorations, refineries, downstreams, and every detail that can get.

This is a really fast paced industry and the writers should be able to keep up with them as much as possible. This is for their own good as well in order for them to write necessary updates and to provide accurate documentation for any of their products. Just a few months would already have changes in the prices per barrel, and they need to follow through the trends of these industries as well.

Because of the challenges and the fast paced trends and changes that occur in the company of their client, they need to built a strong relationship with them. This would be their determining factor for their success of the team of writers. Also, the client has an advantage with this since they no longer need to conduct training for them like in some other teams.

There are many techniques and tips that oil and gas tech writers and editors know. This is exclusively within this kind of industry, so it is more closely based on ways through and from gas and oil companies. Also, most of them would not mind sharing these ideas and techniques.

When the details and information have been properly acquired, everything else would go smoothly and flow freely. The knowledge from these analysts or subject matter experts are crucial and should be taken in well. All of these information should be organized and filed accordingly in order to refer to them before the start of writing and even during it.

It is already common knowledge in legal agreements that the confidentiality of information should be respected and kept properly. This is all true for every business especially for this one since the company is dealing with billions and millions of dollars everyday. Legal disclosures are important and there should be enough details to cover it.

The way of writing the documents may be varied depending on what the client wants. But in a general sense, it should be as if the reader is the main focus in this style. Learning should never hinder even if the writer has already gained a lot of knowledge already. There will always be new things to add and updates that would happen every month or so.




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