UNSPSC 20122218: Well test and monitoring instruments

Well testing is used to confirm the exploration hypothesis and to establish a first production forecast nature and rate of produced fluids, initial pressure and well and reservoir properties.

UNSPSC 20122218 Well test and monitoring instruments is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy concrete well infrastructure work—drilling, testing, development, rehabilitation, plugging, and abandonment—under this code, grounded in recent solicitations across water supply, wastewater, environmental remediation, and orphaned well restoration. The issuing-body mix spans state environmental and energy departments (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), cities and county utilities (Pascagoula, Albany, Orem, Reynolds, Wrens, DeBary), county service areas and water districts (Sarasota County, Hilldale Water District, Seminole County, Escambia County, Boulder County Parks), and state and local parks authorities (Silver Falls State Park, Hueco Tanks State Park). A standout repeat buyer is the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), which has posted multiple direct solicitations for orphan well plugging and site restoration across Gratiot, Montcalm, and Kent Counties; these are prequalified-vendor-only competitions funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements and best-value evaluation criteria. Recent representative solicitations include the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's IFB for plugging nine orphaned oil and gas wells in Jasper and Jones Counties (bids due December 18, 2026), the City of Albany's sealed-bid solicitation for Well No. 21 rehabilitation (due November 16, 2026), the City of Orem dual swab development and test pumping project for production Well #1R using a cable tool rig (due October 22, 2026), and the Michigan EGLE direct solicitation for the Gilbert 1 orphan well plugging project in Kent County (proposal due October 12, 2026, restricted to prequalified vendors from prior RFPs).

The geographic spread shows concentrated activity in Michigan (multiple EGLE orphan well contracts across Lower Peninsula counties), Mississippi (Oil and Gas Board plugging and remediation projects), and Florida (well maintenance, rehabilitation, and abandonment in Sarasota, Escambia, Seminole, and Hillsborough Counties), with secondary activity in Georgia, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Illinois, and Oregon. Scope of work ranges from new production-well drilling and development (reverse-rotary and cable-tool methods, screen and casing installation, pump testing, disinfection) to monitoring-well installation at closed landfills and contaminated sites (sonic boring, filter pack placement, concrete pads, well development), well rehabilitation and casing repair (color video and thermographic surveys, structural assessment, grouting), emergency and routine maintenance (24-hour response, confined-space operations, video logging, bypass pumping), and large-scale orphan-well abandonment programs (site prep, flowline removal, cement plugging per state specifications, site restoration). Contractors face Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements on federally funded work, Build America Buy America Act compliance, state contractor licensing mandates (Florida FDEP water well license, California Class A or C-class specialty licenses), and insurance thresholds typically ranging from $1 million to $5 million in general liability and pollution liability coverage. The code shows steady mixed procurement activity with no apparent lull—well drilling, testing, and plugging work is solicited year-round across water utilities, environmental remediation programs, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.