211130 Natural Gas Extraction

Official definition

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.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Performing gas 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.
• 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.
• Refining crude petroleum into refined petroleum and liquid hydrocarbons are classified in Industry 324110, Petroleum Refineries.
• Recovering helium from natural gas are classified in Industry 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 211130

The Census index assigns these 35 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Butane, natural, mining
• Casing-head butane and propane production
• Coal gasification at mine site
• Coal liquefaction at mine site
• Coal pyrolysis
• Condensate, cycle, natural gas production
• Cycle condensate production
• Ethane recovered from oil and gas field gases
• Fractionating natural gas liquids
• Gas field development for own account
• Gas field exploration for own account
• Gas, natural liquefied petroleum, extraction
• Gas, natural, extraction
• Gas, natural, liquids, extraction
• Gas, residue, extraction
• Gases, petroleum, liquefied, extraction
• Gasoline, natural, production
• Isobutane recovered from oil and gas field gases
• Isopentane recovered from oil and gas field gases
• Liquefied petroleum gases (LPG), natural
• Liquid hydrocarbons recovered from oil and gas field gases
• Liquids, natural gas (e.g., ethane, isobutane, natural gasoline, propane) recovered from oil and gas field gases
• Natural gas liquid lease condensate production
• Natural gas liquids (e.g., ethane, isobutane, natural gasoline, propane) recovered from oil and gas field gases
• Natural gas production
• Natural gas, offshore production
• Natural gasoline recovered from oil and gas field gases
• Offshore natural gas production
• Oil line drip, natural gas liquid
• Operating natural gas liquid field gathering lines, except on a contract basis
• Petroleum gases, liquefied, recovering from oil and gas field gases
• Propane recovered from oil and gas field gases
• Residue gas production
• Stripper gas well production
• Sulfur recovered from natural gas

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 211130

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 211130, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,250 employees. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 0510, 0620), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 05101Deep coal minesUK SIC
• 05102Open cast coal workingUK SIC
• 06200Extraction of natural gasUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 211120Crude Petroleum Extraction