UNSPSC 71121611: Well drilling mud or fluid services

Services to include cleaning, filtration, mixing of mud or fluids.

UNSPSC 71121611 Well drilling mud or fluid services, a Commodity code, does not map to the work state and local governments are actually soliciting under this tag. The recent opportunities block shows one well-drilling-adjacent opportunity—a Michigan orphan-well plugging project—but the bulk of tagged activity involves well abandonment, water-well construction, pump maintenance, drainage improvements, and structure demolition. None of these activities center on mud or drilling-fluid supply or services. The code appears misapplied across the recent opportunities, and little activity directly reflects the code's nominal scope of commercial drilling-mud or fluid products and services that state and local buyers might source.

The issuing bodies posting under this tag span state environmental agencies (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), municipal and county governments (City of Wrens, Georgia; Pascagoula, Mississippi; Escambia County, Florida), special districts and utilities (Hilldale Water District, Mississippi; Hillsborough County, Florida), and state parks and wildlife agencies (Oregon Parks and Recreation Department; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department). Geographic spread includes Michigan, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, Texas, Illinois, and Colorado, with no single state dominating. Recent representative opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy issuing direct solicitations for orphan-well plugging services in Gratiot County (July 2026, proposals due July 21), and Hillsborough County issuing an ITB for water-well maintenance and repair services covering 67 county wells estimated at $688,073 over two years (May 2026, bids due June 12). The mismatch between the code's stated scope and actual procurement activity suggests either systematic miscoding in state procurement systems or a data-integration error in how opportunities are being tagged to this UNSPSC line.