NAICS 211120 Crude Petroleum Extraction

NAICS Code: 211120

Code Title: Crude Petroleum Extraction

Code Sector: 21 - Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

NAICS 211120 Crude Petroleum Extraction Description

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

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; and
  • Refining crude petroleum into refined petroleum and liquid hydrocarbons--are classified in Industry 324110, Petroleum Refineries.

Alternate Titles

  • 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