UNSPSC 20131300: Oil well cement

UNSPSC 20131300 Oil well cement, a Class code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity in any meaningful way. The recent-opportunities block contains one tangentially related solicitation—the Texas General Land Office's RFQ 455-26-1020 for high hydrogen sulfide well pad services (posted May 12, 2026)—which addresses well workover and maintenance, not cement procurement. The remaining 24 recent opportunities span ready-mix concrete delivery contracts, concrete paving and sidewalk construction, concrete park furnishings, playground resurfacing, Portland cement bulk supply, and miscellaneous concrete work, none of which map to oil and gas well cementing as the code nominally defines it. State and local procurement under this code shows no current activity.

The code's silence reflects the jurisdictional reality: state departments, counties, and municipalities rarely buy oil well cement directly. Oil and gas operations—where downhole cementing is standard—are typically undertaken by private energy companies or state environmental agencies managing orphaned well remediation under federal grant programs. When well plugging does appear in state and local solicitations (as in the Railroad Commission of Texas RFQ 455-26-1006 for Statewide Well Plugging and Related Services, posted February 25, 2026), the procurement seeks plugging and abandonment services as an integrated scope, not discrete cement supply. Business development professionals evaluating this code should skip it in favor of UNSPSC families addressing ready-mix concrete supply, Portland cement bulk delivery, or concrete construction services, where state and local demand is clearly active.