Transcript Company and Industry Info and Financial Info

Kathy Drewes
NAICS Codes – North American Industry Classification System
Eg. Lets say I was interested in Expedition Energy Inc., out of Calgary.
They are a smaller company that drills oil and gas wells. I found that the NAICS code
for this industry is 213111; it is broken down below.
NAICS LOOKUP
SIC LOOKUP
211
Oil & Gas
Extraction
21
Mining and Oil and Gas Extraction
212
Mining (Except
Oil & Gas)
213
Support Activities
For Mining
Oil & Gas extraction
213111
213117
Oil & Gas
Contract Drilling
Contract Drilling (Except Oil & Gas)
213118
Services to
Oil & Gas
Extraction
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