43.13
Class
Test drilling and boring
SDMX: F4313
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
2 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes: - test drilling, test boring and core sampling for construction, geophysical, geological or similar purposes
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - drilling of production oil or gas wells, see 06.10, 06.20 - test drilling, associated with extraction of petroleum or gas, see 09.10 - test drilling and boring support services (e.g. associated with mining activities), see 09.90 - water well drilling, see 42.21 - geothermal drilling, see 42.21 - shaft sinking, see 43.50 - exploration of oilfields and gas fields, geophysical, geological and seismic surveying, see 71.12
Frequently Confused With
06.10
Extraction of crude petroleum
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06.20 Extraction of natural gas
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09.10 Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
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09.90 Support activities for other mining and quarrying
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42.21 Construction of utility projects for fluids
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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