1997 NAICS Definitions
211 Oil and Gas Extraction

211 Oil and Gas Extraction

Industries in the Oil and Gas Extraction subsector operate and/or develop oil and gas field properties. Such activities may include exploration for crude petroleum and natural gas; drilling, completing, and equipping wells; operating separators, emulsion breakers, desilting equipment, and field gathering lines for crude petroleum; and all other activities in the preparation of oil and gas up to the point of shipment from the producing property. This subsector includes the production of crude petroleum, the mining and extraction of oil from oil shale and oil sands, and the production of natural gas and recovery of hydrocarbon liquids.

Establishments in this subsector include those that operate oil and gas wells on their own account or for others on a contract or fee basis. Establishments primarily engaged in providing support services, on a fee or contract basis, required for the drilling or operation of oil and gas wells (except geophysical surveying and mapping) are classified in Subsector 213, Support Activities for Mining.

2111 Oil and Gas Extraction

21111 Oil and Gas Extraction

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 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 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.

211111 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction

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.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
2111111311Coal gasification at mine site
2111111311Coal liquefaction at mine site
2111111311Coal pyrolysis
2111111311Crude petroleum from oil sand
2111111311Crude petroleum from oil shale
2111111311Crude petroleum production
2111111311Gas, natural, extraction
2111111311Kerogen processing
2111111311Lease condensate production
2111111311Natural gas production
2111111311Natural gas, offshore production
2111111311Offshore crude petroleum production
2111111311Offshore natural gas production
2111111311Oil and gas field development for own account
2111111311Oil and gas field exploration for own account
2111111311Oil shale mining and/or beneficiating
2111111311Petroleum, crude, production (i.e., extraction)
2111111311Shale, oil, mining and/or beneficiating
2111111311Stripper well production
2111111311Tar sands mining

211112 Natural Gas Liquid Extraction

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the recovery of liquid hydrocarbons from oil and gas field gases. Establishments primarily engaged in sulfur recovery from natural gas are included in this industry.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
2111121321Butane, natural, mining
2111121321Casing-head butane and propane production
2111121321Condensate, cycle, natural gas production
2111121321Cycle condensate production
2111121321Ethane recovered from oil and gas field gases
2111121321Fractionating natural gas liquids
2111121321Gas, natural liquefied petroleum, extraction
2111121321Gas, natural, liquids, extraction
2111121321Gas, residue, extraction
2111121321Gases, petroleum, liquefied, extraction
2111121321Gasoline, natural, production
2111121321Isobutane recovered from oil and gas field gases
2111121321Isopentane recovered from oil and gas field gases
2111121321Liquefied petroleum gases (LPG), natural
2111121321Liquid hydrocarbons recovered from oil and gas field gases
2111121321Liquids, natural gas (e.g., ethane, isobutane, natural gasoline, propane) recovered from oil and
2111121321Natural gas liquids (e.g., ethane, isobutane, natural gasoline, propane) recovered from oil and
2111121321Natural gasoline recovered from oil and gas field gases
2111121321Oil line drip, natural gas liquid
2111121321Petroleum gases, liquefied, recovering from oil and gas field gases
2111121321Propane recovered from oil and gas field gases
2111121321Residue gas production
2111122819Sulfur recovered from natural gas