Despite the fact that some firms are very large, 53 percent have fewer than five employees and report revenues of $50 million or less. The industry reported 325,900 employees in 1998.
SIC 1311 refers to the Standard Industrial Classification code used by the United States government to categorize industries. SIC 1311 specifically pertains to the classification for crude petroleum and natural gas extraction.
The companies in the crude petroleum and natural gas industry range from enormous conglomerates that employ 100,000 people and generate revenue of more than $100 billion, to companies reporting less than $1 million in revenue with few employees
the overwhelming majority of contract construction firms have no employees at all, except for the self-employed owner and operator of the firm.
In 1997 the majority of the top 50 competitors reported less than $50.0 million in sales and had fewer than 200 employees.
Most of the companies in this category were small: 88 establishments employed fewer than 5 people, while 47 had between 5 and 9 employees.
Two prominent unions in the industry were the Associated Petroleum Employees Union and the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union.
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SIC Codes (Standard Industrial Classification) where developed by the Department of Commerce to locate businesses. You can find company SIC codes with OSHA, Melissa Data, and NAICS.
The mean annual salaries in 2001 for those who worked in the United States were: petroleum engineer--$90,240; roustabout--$26,710; surveyor--$61,740; rotary drill operators--$32,950; and derrick operators--$33,010
may explore tracts onshore and offshore for crude petroleum and natural gas; drill and complete wells; equip wells for production; supply services to increase or maintain the recovery of oil and gas.
gas engineers, geologists, geophysicists, seismic surveyors, derrick men, drillers, floormen, mud engineers, mud loggers, mud men, nipple chasers, petroleum engineers, roughnecks, roustabouts, swampers, tank strappers, and wildcatters.
Average hourly wages in 2000 were $18.78.