Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations
Description
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing support activities, on a contract or fee basis, for oil and gas operations (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities). Services included are exploration; excavating slush pits and cellars, well surveying; running, cutting, and pulling casings, tubes, and rods; cementing wells, shooting wells; perforating well casings; acidizing and chemically treating wells; and cleaning out, bailing, and swabbing wells.
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector comprises establishments that extract naturally occurring mineral solids, such as coal and ores; liquid minerals, such as crude petroleum; and gases, such as natural gas. The term "mining" is used in the broad sense to include quarrying, well operations, beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, and flotation), and other preparation customarily performed at the mine site, or as a part of mining activity. The Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector distinguishes two basic activities: mine operation and mining support activities. Mine operation includes establishments operating mines, quarries, or oil and gas wells on their own account or for others on a contract or fee basis. Mining support activities include establishments that perform exploration (except geophysical surveying and mapping) on a contract or fee basis and/or other mining services on a contract or fee basis (except mine site preparation, construction, and transportation activities). Establishments in the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector are grouped and classified according to the natural resource mined or to be mined. Industries include establishments that develop and/or operate the mine site, extract the natural resources, beneficiate (i.e., prepare) the mineral mined, or provide mining support activities. Beneficiation is the process whereby the extracted material is reduced to particles that can be separated into mineral and waste, the former suitable for further processing or direct use. The operations that take place in beneficiation are primarily mechanical, such as grinding, washing, magnetic separation, and centrifugal separation. In contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and electrochemical processes, such as electrolysis and distillation. However, some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both the beneficiation and the manufacturing (i.e., smelting/refining) stages. The range of preparation activities varies by mineral and the purity of any given ore deposit. While some minerals, such as petroleum and natural gas, require little or no preparation, others are washed and screened, while yet others, such as gold and silver, can be transformed into bullion before leaving the mine site. Mining, beneficiating, and manufacturing activities often occur in a single location. Separate receipts will be collected for these activities whenever possible. When receipts cannot be broken out between mining and manufacturing, establishments that mine or quarry nonmetallic minerals, and then beneficiate the nonmetallic minerals into more finished manufactured products are classified based on the primary activity of the establishment. A mine that manufactures a small amount of finished products will be classified in Sector 21, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. An establishment that mines whose primary output is a more finished manufactured product will be classified in Sector 31-33, Manufacturing. |
| 213 | Support Activities for Mining 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Support Activities for Mining subsector group establishments primarily providing support services, on a contract or fee basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, mine site preparation, construction, and transportation activities), required for the mining and quarrying of minerals and for the extraction of oil and gas. Establishments performing exploration for minerals, on a contract or fee basis, are included in this subsector. Exploration services include traditional prospecting methods, such as taking core samples and making geological observations at prospective sites. The activities performed on a contract or fee basis by establishments in the Support Activities for Mining subsector are also often performed in-house by mining operators. These activities include taking core samples, making geological observations at prospective sites, excavating slush pits and cellars, and such oil and gas operations as spudding in, drilling in, redrilling, directional drilling, and well surveying; running, cutting, and pulling casings, tubes, and rods; cementing and shooting wells; perforating well casings; acidizing and chemically treating wells; cleaning out, bailing, and swabbing wells; and operating oil and gas field gathering lines. Establishments primarily engaged in providing site preparation and related construction activities on a contract or fee basis are classified in Sector 23, Construction. Establishments primarily engaged in providing transportation activities in support of mining, quarrying, or oil and gas extraction are classified in Sector 48-49, Transportation and Warehousing, based on the primary activity. |
| 2131 | Support Activities for Mining 4-digit industry group | Industries in the Support Activities for Mining subsector group establishments primarily providing support services, on a contract or fee basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, mine site preparation, construction, and transportation activities), required for the mining and quarrying of minerals and for the extraction of oil and gas. Establishments performing exploration for minerals, on a contract or fee basis, are included in this subsector. Exploration services include traditional prospecting methods, such as taking core samples and making geological observations at prospective sites. The activities performed on a contract or fee basis by establishments in the Support Activities for Mining subsector are also often performed in-house by mining operators. These activities include taking core samples, making geological observations at prospective sites, excavating slush pits and cellars, and such oil and gas operations as spudding in, drilling in, redrilling, directional drilling, and well surveying; running, cutting, and pulling casings, tubes, and rods; cementing and shooting wells; perforating well casings; acidizing and chemically treating wells; cleaning out, bailing, and swabbing wells; and operating oil and gas field gathering lines. Establishments primarily engaged in providing site preparation and related construction activities on a contract or fee basis are classified in Sector 23, Construction. Establishments primarily engaged in providing transportation activities in support of mining, quarrying, or oil and gas extraction are classified in Sector 48-49, Transportation and Warehousing, based on the primary activity. |
| 21311 | Support Activities for Mining 5-digit NAICS industry | This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support services, on a contract or fee basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, mine site preparation, construction, and transportation activities), required for the mining and quarrying of minerals and for the extraction of oil and gas. Drilling, taking core samples, and making geological observations at prospective sites for minerals, on a contract or fee basis, are included in this industry. |
| 213112 | Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations 6-digit U.S. detail | This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing support activities, on a contract or fee basis, for oil and gas operations (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities). Services included are exploration; excavating slush pits and cellars, well surveying; running, cutting, and pulling casings, tubes, and rods; cementing wells, shooting wells; perforating well casings; acidizing and chemically treating wells; and cleaning out, bailing, and swabbing wells. |
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Classification References
- 01Contract drilling for oil and gas--are classified in U.S. Industry 213111, Drilling Oil and Gas Wells;
- 02Operating oil and gas field properties on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry Group 2111, Oil and Gas Extraction;
- 03Performing geophysical surveying and mapping services for oil and gas on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry 541360, Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services;
- 04Oil and gas pipeline and related structures construction and repair--are classified in Industry 237120, Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction;
- 05Inspecting pipelines (i.e., visual)--are classified in Industry 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services;
- 06Site preparation and related construction activities on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry 238910, Site Preparation Contractors;
- 07Mining machinery and equipment repair and maintenance--are classified in Industry 811310, Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance;
- 08Providing transportation activities on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Sector 48-49, Transportation and Warehousing, based on the primary activity; and
- 09Providing landman services on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry 531390, Other Activities Related to Real Estate.
Index Items
Acidizing oil and gas field wells on a contract basis
Building oil and gas well foundations on a contract basis
Building, erecting, repairing, and dismantling oil and gas field rigs and derricks on a contract basis
Cementing oil and gas well casings on a contract basis
Chemically treating oil and gas wells (e.g., acidizing, bailing, swabbing) on a contract basis
Cleaning oil and gas field lease tanks on a contract basis
Cleaning out (e.g., bailing out, steam cleaning, swabbing) wells on a contract basis
Cleaning wells on a contract basis
Cleaning, repairing, and dismantling oil and gas field lease tanks on a contract basis
Contract services (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities) for oil and gas fields
Core cutting in oil and gas wells, on a contract basis
Core drilling, exploration services, oil and gas field
Cutting cores in oil and gas wells on a contract basis
Derrick building, repairing, and dismantling at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
Dismantling of oil well rigs on a contract basis
Drilling rat holes and mouse holes at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
Drilling shot holes at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
Drilling site preparation at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
Drill-stem testing in oil, gas, dry, and service well drilling on a contract basis
Excavating mud pits, slush pits, and cellars at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
Exploration services for oil and gas (except geophysical surveying and mapping) on a contract basis
Fishing for tools at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
Gas well rig building, repairing, and dismantling on a contract basis
Gas, compressing natural, in the field on a contract basis
Geological exploration (except surveying) for oil and gas on a contract basis
Geophysical exploration (except surveying) for oil and gas on a contract basis
Hard banding oil and gas field service on a contract basis
Hot oil treating of oil field tanks on a contract basis
Hot shot oil field services (on- and off-road) on a contract basis
Hydraulic fracturing wells on a contract basis
Impounding and storing salt water in connection with petroleum production
Installing production equipment at the oil or gas field on a contract basis
Lease tank cleaning and repairing on a contract basis
Logging wells on a contract basis
Mouse hole and rat hole drilling at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
Mud service for oil field drilling on a contract basis
Oil and gas field services on a contract basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities)
Oil field exploration (except surveying) on a contract basis
Oil sampling services on a contract basis
Oil well logging on a contract basis
Oil well rig building, repairing, and dismantling, on a contract basis
Operating condensate gasoline field gathering lines on a contract basis
Paraffin services, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Perforating oil and gas well casings on a contract basis
Pipe testing services, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Plugging and abandoning wells on a contract basis
Preparation of oil and gas field drilling sites (except site preparation and related construction contractor activities) on a contract basis
Pulling oil and gas field casings, tubes, or rods on a contract basis
Pumping oil and gas wells on a contract basis
Rathole and mousehole drilling at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
Rig skidding, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Roustabout mining services, on a contract basis
Salt water disposal systems, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Sandblasting pipelines on lease, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Seismograph exploration (except surveying) for oil and gas on a contract basis
Servicing oil and gas wells on a contract basis
Shot hole drilling, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Skidding of rigs, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Slush pits and cellars, excavation of, on a contract basis
Steam cleaning oil and gas wells on a contract basis
Stratigraphic drilling, oil and gas field exploration on a contract basis
Surveying (except seismographic) oil or gas wells on a contract basis
Swabbing oil or gas wells on a contract basis
Well casing running, cutting and pulling, oil and gas field on a contract basis
Well logging, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Well plugging, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Well pumping, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Well servicing, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Well surveying, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
Wireline services, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
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External Resources
Census.gov NAICS Detail
Official US Census Bureau definition and scope for NAICS 213112.
American Petroleum Institute
The primary trade association representing oil and gas exploration, production, refining, and support activities in the United States.
U.S. Energy Information Administration
A government agency that provides comprehensive data and analysis on the U.S. oil and gas industry structure and operations.
Oil & Gas Jobs
An industry directory and job board specifically dedicated to listing careers and opportunities in oil and gas support roles.
