062000 Extraction of natural gas

This type includes:

• production of crude gaseous hydrocarbon (natural gas)

• extraction of condensates

• draining and separation of liquid hydrocarbon fractions

• gas desulphurisation

• extraction of coal mine methane

This type also includes:

• mining of hydrocarbon liquids obtained through liquefaction or pyrolysis
• fracking to extract coal seam gas

This type excludes:

• support activities for oil and natural gas extraction, see 091000
• oil and gas exploration, see 091000
• production of natural gas liquids from crude petroleum (crude oil), see 1920
• recovery of liquefied petroleum gases in the refining of petroleum, see 192000
• manufacture of industrial gases, see 201100
• operation of pipelines, see 495000