UNSPSC 71161801: Oilfield waste compaction services

Services providing a means of compacting waste, reducing it in size to allow more to be stored in the same place (reduction in volume), ahead of onward transportation and disposal.

UNSPSC 71161801 Oilfield waste compaction services, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The nine most recent opportunities in this code cite well drilling, well abandonment, well rehabilitation, wastewater pump station repair, and water treatment infrastructure—none of which are oilfield waste compaction services. Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates the recent record with multiple direct solicitations for orphan oil and gas well plugging and site restoration across Gratiot, Montcalm, and Kent Counties, funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Mississippi Oil and Gas Board and Illinois Department of Natural Resources have also posted active plugging and drilling opportunities. Separate from these oilfield-focused activities, the code also carries water well maintenance, repair, and construction notices from Florida counties, Georgia municipalities, Texas parks authorities, and Colorado special districts—work wholly unrelated to oilfield waste compaction.

The issuing bodies are a mix of state environmental and oil-gas agencies (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi OGOB, Illinois DNR), county utilities departments (Hillsborough, Seminole, Gwinnett), municipalities (Albany, Reynolds, Wrens, Ocala, Austin, Lubbock, Bend), state parks agencies (Oregon Parks and Recreation, Texas Parks and Wildlife), and special districts (Boulder County Parks, Escambia County Waste Services, San Bernardino County). Geographic spread spans Michigan (heavy recent volume), Mississippi, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, and scattered other states. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's multiple direct solicitations for prequalified contractors to plug 3 to 14 orphan gas storage wells in Gratiot County under Davis-Bacon prevailing wage (proposals due July 21, 2026, RFQ format with mandatory pre-bid meetings); the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's IFB for plugging and remediation of nine orphaned wells in Jasper and Jones Counties (bids due December 18, 2026, with mandatory pre-bid site inspection October 22, 2026); and Hillsborough County's ITB for water well maintenance and repair services across 67 irrigation and potable wells estimated at $688,073 over two years (bids due June 12, 2026). The code shows active procurement but the mismatch between its nominal scope and the actual work being solicited signals either a taxonomy miscoding at source or a code that has drifted substantially from its original definition.