UNSPSC 20122219: Oil well control and monitoring equipment

Bottom hole pressure and temperature monitoring equipment is used for the management of the dangerous effects caused by the unexpected release of formation fluid, such as natural gas and/or crude oil, upon surface equipment of oil or gas drilling rigs and escaping into the atmosphere.

UNSPSC 20122219 Oil well control and monitoring equipment (Commodity) encompasses water well construction, rehabilitation, and abandonment services that state and local governments procure to maintain municipal water systems, manage abandoned and orphan wells, and develop agricultural groundwater infrastructure. Recent solicitations reveal that public agencies are buying comprehensive well drilling, plugging, development, testing, and associated infrastructure work—not oil and gas control equipment as the code's nominal name suggests. This mismatch reflects the real scope: municipalities contract for production well drilling with casing and screen installation, water quality testing and disinfection, pump installation and development, orphan well abandonment and site restoration under federal Orphaned Wells Programs, and emergency well maintenance including video survey and casing repair.

Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state environmental agencies (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), municipal water utilities (cities of Albany, Orem, Reynolds, Lubbock, Pascagoula, Wrens), county water districts (Hillsborough, Sarasota, Seminole, San Bernardino), parks departments (Oregon Parks and Recreation, Texas Parks and Wildlife), and specialized authorities (Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Natural Resources). Geographic activity concentrates in Michigan (multiple orphan well plugging projects across Gratiot, Kent, and Montcalm counties), Georgia (well rehabilitation and new deep well construction), Mississippi (orphan well plugging under Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding), Florida (irrigation and monitoring well installations, pump station rehabilitation), and Utah (production well development). Representative current opportunities include the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's IFB for plugging nine orphaned wells in Jasper and Jones counties with bids due December 18, 2026; Michigan EGLE's prequalification RFP for oil and gas well services with awards to five contractors totaling $800,000 (Lease Management Inc., M&A Energy Services LLC, NuPointe Energy LLC, Plants and Goodwin Inc., and Team Services LLC); the City of Albany, Georgia IFB for Well No. 21 rehabilitation with bids due November 16, 2026; and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources small-business-set-aside IFB for Union County water well installation with bids due July 9, 2026. Contracts are commonly federally funded through the Orphaned Wells Program or State Revolving Fund mechanisms, triggering Build America Buy America Act and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance. Most recent activity shows orphan well plugging and municipal production well work dominating procurement volume, with strong activity in the upper Midwest and Southeast through fall 2026.