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2007 NAICS Definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) the exploration, development and/or the production of petroleum or natural gas from wells in which the hydrocarbons will initially flow or can be produced using normal pumping 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 and gas 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;
• Refining crude petroleum into refined petroleum and liquid hydrocarbons--are classified in Industry 324110, Petroleum Refineries; and
• Recovering helium from natural gas--are classified in Industry 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Coal gasification at mine site
• Coal liquefaction at mine site
• Coal pyrolysis
• Crude petroleum from oil sand
• Crude petroleum from oil shale
• Crude petroleum production
• Gas, natural, extraction
• Kerogen processing
• Lease condensate production
• Natural gas production
• Natural gas, offshore production
• Offshore crude petroleum production
• Offshore natural gas production
• Oil and gas field development for own account
• Oil and gas field exploration for own account
• Oil shale mining and/or beneficiating
• Petroleum, crude, production (i.e., extraction)
• Shale, oil, mining and/or beneficiating
• Stripper well production
• Tar sands mining