211120 Crude Petroleum Extraction

Overview

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

  • Performing oil field services for operators on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry 21311, Support Activities for Mining;
  • The combined activities of crude petroleum and natural gas extraction--are classified in Industry Group 2111, Oil and Gas Extraction, based on the primary activity of the establishment; and
  • Refining crude petroleum into refined petroleum and liquid hydrocarbons--are classified in Industry 324110, Petroleum Refineries.

Index Entries

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