UNSPSC 71122602: Well completion fluids services

Use of completion fluids and filtration services for well completion.

UNSPSC 71122602 Well completion fluids services, a Commodity code, represents drilling-fluids and mud-engineering work purchased by state and local water authorities, environmental remediation agencies, and oil-and-gas boards for well development, abandonment, and exploratory drilling. State and local governments procure these services primarily through water utilities managing municipal well systems, departments of environmental quality overseeing orphan-well plugging programs, and regional water districts executing capital well projects. Recent solicitations show the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board as standout repeat buyers, each issuing multiple direct solicitations and invitation-for-bids notices for orphan-well plugging work that explicitly scope mud engineering, wireline services, drilling fluids, and well-plugging additives as itemized line-item pricing in comprehensive 68-item Schedule B matrices.

Geographic activity clusters in Michigan and Mississippi, where state environmental and oil-and-gas agencies have launched coordinated orphan-well remediation programs funded through federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act grants. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy direct solicitations DS 260000000032, DS 260000000033, DS 260000000034, and DS 260000000035 (posted July 16, 2026, proposals due July 21, 2026) for plugging and site restoration of orphan gas-storage wells across Gratiot, Montcalm, and surrounding counties—collectively spanning 38 wells—with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, mandatory pre-bid meetings, and prequalification restrictions limiting bidders to prior RFP awardees. The Mississippi Oil and Gas Board IFB 3160007881 (posted March 6, 2026, bids due April 13, 2026) and IFB 3160007966 (posted March 24, 2026, bids due April 28, 2026) solicit plugging and remediation services for ten additional orphaned oil and gas wells across five counties, each requiring detailed well-specific plugging plans, site remediation, and full compliance with Davis-Bacon and Build America, Buy America Act mandates. Activity extends to Florida and California through water-utility well maintenance procurements (Seminole County, Hillsborough County, San Bernardino County, Eastern Municipal Water District) that scope routine pump maintenance and emergency repair work on existing municipal well systems, though these typically do not itemize drilling-fluid services at the commodity level.