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| Employers | Nonemployers | Compare to '97 | States | Products, Size, etc. | ||
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NAICS code |
Description |
Estab- lish- ments |
Value of shipments
($1,000) |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
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21 | Mining | 24,087 | 182,911,093 | 21,173,895 | 477,840 | |
| 211 | Oil and gas extraction | 7,730 | 113,031,437 | 5,357,902 | 99,580 | ||
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2111 | Oil and gas extraction | 7,730 | 113,031,437 | 5,357,902 | 99,580 | |
| NAICS code |
NAICS Title |
All firms | Nonemployers | Employers | ||||||
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Establish- ments |
Receipts ($1,000) | Establishments | Receipts |
Establish- ments |
Value of shipments ($1,000) | |||||
| Number | % of all | $1,000 | % of all | |||||||
| 21 | Mining | 106,796 | 187,834,649 | 82,709 | 77.4 | 4,923,556 | 2.6 | 24,087 | 182,911,093 | |
| 211 | Oil and gas extraction | 77,509 | 117,099,372 | 69,779 | 90.0 | 4,067,935 | 3.5 | 7,730 | 113,031,437 | |
| 2111 | Oil and gas extraction | 77,509 | 117,099,372 | 69,779 | 90.0 | 4,067,935 | 3.5 | 7,730 | 113,031,437 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating and/or developing oil and gas field properties and establishments primarily engaged in recovering liquid hydrocarbons from oil and gas field gases. Such activities may include exploration for crude petroleum and natural gas; drilling, completing, and equipping wells; operation of separators, emulsion breakers, desilting equipment, and field gathering lines for crude petroleum and natural gas; and all other activities in the preparation of oil and gas up to the point of shipment from the producing property. This industry includes the production of crude petroleum, the mining and extraction of oil from oil shale and oil sands, the production of natural gas, sulfur recovery from natural gas, and the recovery of hydrocarbon liquids from oil and gas field gases. Establishments in this industry operate oil and gas wells on their own account or for others on a contract or fee basis.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
NAICS
211, Oil and gas extraction,
is comparable between 2002 and 1997.
In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 211 corresponds to the sum of multiple SIC codes. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.
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1997 NAICS code |
1997 NAICS Description | Year | Establishments | Value of shipments ($1,000) | Annual payroll ($1,000) | Paid employees | ||||||||
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| 211 | Oil & gas extraction | 2002 | 7,722 | 112,941,695 | 5,348,118 | 99,342 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 8,312 | 102,834,003 | 5,510,560 | 110,881 | ||||||||||
| % change | -7.1 | 9.8 | -2.9 | -10.4 | ||||||||||
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| Annual Capital Expenditures Survey | Annual | Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees | US | |
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