UNSPSC 71151501: Hydrocarbon allocation and accounting

The petroleum management process by which ownership of extracted hydrocarbons is determined and tracked from a point of sale or discharge back to the point of extraction.

UNSPSC 71151501 Hydrocarbon allocation and accounting is a Commodity code that sits at the intersection of well drilling, plugging, and site restoration work for abandoned or orphan oil and gas infrastructure. State and local governments—particularly state energy and environmental departments, counties, and special-purpose water districts—procure plugging, remediation, and reclamation services for orphaned wells under this code, often using federal funding vehicles such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Recent solicitations show significant activity in orphan well plugging across Michigan, Mississippi, and Florida, with many notices requiring federal compliance (Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, Build America Buy America Act) and prequalification vendor pools. Work also includes water well construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance for municipal and county water systems, as well as exploratory drilling for groundwater assessment and storage facility monitoring. State environmental departments drive much of the volume—the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has issued multiple direct solicitations and prequalification RFPs since June 2026, while the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board and state departments of natural resources have similarly active programs.

Recent opportunities span Michigan (prequalification for orphan well contractors, direct solicitations for plugging at New Haven Energy gas storage wells in Gratiot and Montcalm Counties), Mississippi (Mississippi Oil and Gas Board IFBs for plugging nine wells in Jasper and Jones Counties, with December 18, 2026 deadline), Florida (Escambia County ITQ for three monitoring well installations at Klondike Landfill, deadline September 16, 2026; Hillsborough County sole-source notice for Wet Well Wizard aeration systems at $5.371 million over five years), and Georgia (City of Albany RFB for Well No. 21 rehabilitation, due November 16, 2026). Illinois, Colorado, Oregon, and Texas round out recent activity with water well construction and maintenance contracts. The code shows robust state-level procurement, particularly for federally funded remediation of environmental legacy liabilities, alongside routine municipal well maintenance and repair services. Competitive intensity is high where prequalification vendor pools exist; sole-source and sole-provider arrangements apply in specialized technology areas (wet well aeration systems).