Industry Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) the exploration, development, and/or the production of natural gas from wells in which the hydrocarbons will initially flow or can be produced using normal or enhanced drilling and extraction techniques or (2) 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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Business Examples
Common types of business activities within NAICS 211130 - Natural Gas Extraction are:
- Natural gas, offshore production
- Gas, natural liquefied petroleum, extraction
- Liquids, natural gas (e.g., ethane, isobutane, natural gasoline, propane) recovered from oil and gas field gases
- Liquefied petroleum gases (LPG), natural
- Gas, natural, extraction
- Sulfur recovered from natural gas
- Isopentane recovered from oil and gas field gases
- Coal pyrolysis
- Coal gasification at mine site
- Operating natural gas liquid field gathering lines, except on a contract basis
- Gases, petroleum, liquefied, extraction
- Gas, residue, extraction
- Butane, natural, mining
- Fractionating natural gas liquids
- Petroleum gases, liquefied, recovering from oil and gas field gases
- Liquid hydrocarbons recovered from oil and gas field gases
- Oil line drip, natural gas liquid
- Condensate, cycle, natural gas production
- Offshore natural gas production
- Cycle condensate production
- Gasoline, natural, production
- Natural gas liquid lease condensate production
- Gas field exploration for own account
- Gas, natural, liquids, extraction
- Natural gas production
- Coal liquefaction at mine site
- Gas field development for own account
- Propane recovered from oil and gas field gases
- Residue gas production
- Natural gasoline recovered from oil and gas field gases
- Natural gas liquids (e.g., ethane, isobutane, natural gasoline, propane) recovered from oil and gas field gases
- Casing-head butane and propane production
- Isobutane recovered from oil and gas field gases
- Stripper gas well production
- Ethane recovered from oil and gas field gases
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Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US (21111)
Revenue 2025
$484.6bn
Growth 2025
-0.86%
Key Trends
Profit has exhibited significant fluctuations throughout the period
Industry operators have required additional capacity to transport crude products
Pent-up demand will likely drive industry revenue
Products and Services
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NAICS Cross Reference
Performing gas field services for operators on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry 21311, Support Activities for Mining;
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Refining crude petroleum into refined petroleum and liquid hydrocarbons--are classified in Industry 324110, Petroleum Refineries; and
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NAICS Cross Reference
Manufacturing acyclic and cyclic hydrocarbons from refined petroleum or converting refined petroleum into liquid hydrocarbons (i.e., petrochemicals)--are classified in Industry 325110, Petrochemical Manufacturing;
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NAICS Cross Reference
Recovering helium from natural gas--are classified in Industry 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing.
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NAICS Hierarchy 211130 - Natural Gas Extraction
NAICS Code 211130 - Natural Gas Extraction sits in the 2-digit Natural Gas Extraction sector. NAICS codes can be 2- to 6-digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be. Learn more about the structure of NAICS codes
2 Digits: 21
Sector Title: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
3 Digits 4 Digits 5 Digits 6 Digits
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2111 Oil and Gas Extraction
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21112 Crude Petroleum Extraction
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21113 Natural Gas Extraction
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2121 Coal Mining
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2122 Metal Ore Mining
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21221 Iron Ore Mining
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21222 Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining
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21223 Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining
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21229 Other Metal Ore Mining
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2123 Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
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21231 Stone Mining and Quarrying
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21232 Sand, Gravel, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying
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21239 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
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2131 Support Activities for Mining
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