Support Activities for Miningin USA
USA Market Research and Industry Report
7 September 2007
Industry Code : 21311
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support services, on a fee or contract basis, required for the mining and quarrying of minerals and for the extraction of oil and gas. Drilling, taking core samples, and making geological observations at prospective sites (except geophysical surveying and mapping) for minerals, on a fee or contract basis, are included in this industry.
The major products and services in this industry are:
| - | Other oil and gas well services |
| - | Oil and gas drilling |
| - | Surveying oil and gas wells |
| - | Hydraulic fracturing of oil wells |
| - | Cementing oil wells |
| - | Coal mining support services |
| - | Metallic ore mining support services |
| - | Non-metallic ore mining support services | |
The primary activities of this industry are:
| - | Drilling oil and gas wells |
| - | Excavating slush pits and cellars |
| - | Grading and building foundations at well locations |
| - | Well surveying |
| - | Running, cutting and pulling casings, tubes and rods |
| - | Cementing wells |
| - | Shooting wells |
| - | Perforating well casings |
| - | Acidizing and chemically treating wells |
| - | Cleaning out, bailing and swabbing wells |
| - | Coal exploration |
| - | Metal ore exploration |
| - | Non-metallic mineral ore exploration |
| - | Sinking shafts |
| - | Mine site preparation |
| - | Contract mining | |
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