UNSPSC 71121653: Directional drilling intangible costs

Intangible drilling costs include everything but the actual drilling equipment. Labor, chemicals, mud, grease, and other miscellaneous items necessary for drilling are considered intangible

UNSPSC 71121653 Directional drilling intangible costs, a Commodity code, does not align with the actual work state and local governments are buying under this classification. The recent opportunities block shows no solicitations for directional drilling services or related intangible costs; instead, the tagged opportunities span well abandonment, well drilling, pump station maintenance, irrigation system installation, and water infrastructure projects—none of which involve directional drilling operations or drilling intangibles such as engineering studies, survey data, or subsurface analysis specific to directional wells. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual contract activity signals that either the code assignment in the source data is erroneous or the code itself sees minimal relevant state and local procurement activity.

State and local issuing bodies in the recent record—including Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board; City of DeBary, Florida; City of Albany, Georgia; Escambia County, Florida; Illinois Department of Corrections; Sarasota County, Florida; and others—are soliciting work on orphan and abandoned well plugging, water well drilling and rehabilitation, pump station repair and maintenance, and irrigation improvements. None of these solicitations describe directional drilling capabilities, well-path engineering, or directional-drilling cost components. The geographic spread covers Michigan, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, Colorado, and other states, but represents activity in traditional well abandonment, potable water supply, and wastewater infrastructure—not horizontal or angle-hole drilling programs. Without recent opportunities that substantively match the code's nominal scope, pursuit of this code as currently tagged carries minimal intelligence value for business development professionals evaluating directional-drilling service demand.