2017 NAICS Definition

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

213112 Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing support activities on a contract or fee basis for oil and gas operations (except site preparation and related construction activities). Services included are exploration (except geophysical surveying and mapping); 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.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Contract drilling for oil and gas--are classified in U.S. Industry 213111, Drilling Oil and Gas Wells;
  • Operating oil and gas field properties on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry Group 2111, Oil and Gas Extraction;
  • Performing 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;
  • Oil and gas pipeline and related structures construction and repair--are classified in Industry 237120, Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction;
  • Inspecting pipelines--are classified in Industry 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services;
  • Site preparation and related construction activities on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry 238910, Site Preparation Contractors; and
  • Mining machinery and equipment repair and maintenance--are classified in Industry 811310, Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance.
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213112   213112   213112   Acidizing oil and gas field wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Building oil and gas well foundations on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Building, erecting, repairing, and dismantling oil and gas field rigs and derricks on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Cementing oil and gas well casings on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Chemically treating oil and gas wells (e.g., acidizing, bailing, swabbing) on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Cleaning oil and gas field lease tanks on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Cleaning out (e.g., bailing out, steam cleaning, swabbing) wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Cleaning wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Cleaning, repairing, and dismantling oil and gas field lease tanks on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Contract services (except site preparation and related construction contractor activities) for oil and gas fields
213112   213112   213112   Core cutting in oil and gas wells, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Core drilling, exploration services, oil and gas field
213112   213112   213112   Cutting cores in oil and gas wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Derrick building, repairing, and dismantling at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Dismantling of oil well rigs on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Drill-stem testing in oil, gas, dry, and service well drilling on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Drilling rat holes and mouse holes at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Drilling shot holes at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Drilling site preparation at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Excavating mud pits, slush pits, and cellars at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Exploration services for oil and gas (except geophysical surveying and mapping) on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Fishing for tools at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Gas well rig building, repairing, and dismantling on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Gas, compressing natural, in the field on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Geological exploration (except surveying) for oil and gas on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Geophysical exploration (except surveying) for oil and gas on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Hard banding oil and gas field service on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Hot oil treating of oil field tanks on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Hot shot service on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Hydraulic fracturing wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Impounding and storing salt water in connection with petroleum production
213112   213112   213112   Installing production equipment at the oil or gas field on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Lease tank cleaning and repairing on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Logging wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Mouse hole and rat hole drilling at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Mud service for oil field drilling on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Oil and gas field services (except contract drilling, site preparation and related construction contractor activities) on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Oil field exploration (except surveying) on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Oil sampling services on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Oil well logging on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Oil well rig building, repairing, and dismantling, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Operating condensate gasoline field gathering lines on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Paraffin services, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Perforating oil and gas well casings on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Pipe testing services, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Plugging and abandoning wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Preparation of oil and gas field drilling sites (except site preparation and related construction contractor activities) on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Pulling oil and gas field casings, tubes, or rods on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Pumping oil and gas wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Rathole and mousehole drilling at oil and gas fields on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Rig skidding, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Roustabout mining services, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Salt water disposal systems, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Sandblasting pipelines on lease, oil and gas field on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Seismograph exploration (except surveying) for oil and gas on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Servicing oil and gas wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Shot hole drilling, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Skidding of rigs, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Slush pits and cellars, excavation of, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Steam cleaning oil and gas wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Stratigraphic drilling, oil and gas field exploration on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Surveying (except seismographic) oil or gas wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Swabbing oil or gas wells on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Well casing running, cutting and pulling, oil and gas field on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Well logging, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Well plugging, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Well pumping, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Well servicing, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Well surveying, oil and gas field, on a contract basis
213112   213112   213112   Wireline services, oil and gas field, on a contract basis