UNSPSC 71121623: Well drilling pipe storage

Storing of drilling pipe.

UNSPSC 71121623 Well drilling pipe storage, Commodity tier, frames state and local procurement activity around orphan well plugging, abandonment, and remediation services—not pipe storage in the conventional sense. Recent state and local solicitations show governments buying comprehensive well plugging operations including site preparation, equipment rental, labor across multiple classifications, cementing services, wireline operations, and site restoration. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates recent activity, soliciting through direct procurement notices for plugging and abandonment of multiple orphan gas storage wells across Gratiot and Montcalm counties. State departments of natural resources and oil-and-gas boards (Texas, Mississippi, Illinois) issue the bulk of opportunities under this code, alongside county and municipal water utilities seeking well maintenance, rehabilitation, and construction. Issuing bodies span state environmental and natural-resource agencies, state oil-and-gas regulators, counties, and municipal water utilities; repeat buyers in the most-recent window include the Michigan EGLE, the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, and the Texas Railroad Commission, each with multiple concurrent solicitations.

Representative recent activity centers on Michigan's orphan gas storage well plugging program. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy posted four direct solicitations on July 16, 2026—covering three wells at New Haven Section 3 (DS7612600000000322), fourteen wells at New Haven Energy Section 4 (DS7612600000000332), nine wells at New Haven Section 31–33 (DS7612600000000352), and twelve wells spanning Gratiot and Montcalm counties (DS7612600000000342)—all with proposals due July 21, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. Each Michigan solicitation requires prequalification through prior RFPs, attendance at mandatory pre-bid meetings, unit pricing for 68 line items covering rig services, casing rental, cementing, mud engineering, wireline, waste disposal, and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance. The Mississippi Oil and Gas Board and Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) have concurrently issued multiple orphan well plugging solicitations (March–April 2026) for multiple wells statewide, seeking qualified contractors on IFB and RFQ formats with 4:00 p.m. response deadlines. Geographically, Michigan accounts for the densest clustering of recent opportunities, followed by Mississippi, Texas, Florida (water well maintenance and construction at Hillsborough County, Marion County, Sarasota County, and Palm Bay), California (Eastern Municipal Water District well maintenance and digester gas projects), and scattered activity in Wisconsin, Georgia, Oregon, and Illinois. The code sees strong activity in 2026, particularly in federally funded orphan well remediation under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and in municipal water-utility well drilling, deepening, and rehabilitation projects.