2017 NAICS Definition

T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.

211120 Crude Petroleum Extraction

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) the exploration, development, and/or the production of petroleum from wells in which the hydrocarbons will initially flow or can be produced using normal or enhanced drilling and extraction techniques or (2) the production of crude petroleum from surface shales or tar sands or from reservoirs in which the hydrocarbons are semisolids. Establishments in this industry operate oil wells on their own account or for others on a contract or fee basis.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Performing oil field services for operators on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry 21311, Support Activities for Mining; and
• Refining crude petroleum into refined petroleum and liquid hydrocarbons--are classified in Industry 324110, Petroleum Refineries.

2007 NAICS		2012 NAICS		2017 NAICS		Corresponding Index Entries
211111		211111		211120		Crude petroleum from oil sand
211111		211111		211120		Crude petroleum from oil shale
211111		211111		211120		Crude petroleum lease condensate production
211111		211111		211120		Crude petroleum production
211111		211111		211120		Kerogen processing
211111		211111		211120		Offshore crude petroleum production
211111		211111		211120		Oil field development for own account
211111		211111		211120		Oil field exploration for own account
211111		211111		211120		Oil shale mining and/or beneficiating
211111		211111		211120		Operating crude petroleum field gathering lines, except on a contract basis
211111		211111		211120		Petroleum, crude, production (i.e., extraction)
211111		211111		211120		Shale, oil, mining and/or beneficiating
211111		211111		211120		Stripper oil well production
211111		211111		211120		Tar sands mining