DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,551

NABORS DRILLING USA
WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009, by three workers on behalf of workers of
Nabors Drilling USA, Williston, North Dakota (Nabors Drilling
USA). The workers are engaged in drilling services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Nabors Drilling
USA who are engaged in employment related to drilling services
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers at the firm have been
separated from 2007 to 2008, and during the period of January
through June 2009 compared to the corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
Nabors Drilling USA have decreased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
services like or directly competitive with drilling supplied
by Nabors Drilling USA have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of like or directly competitive services
by customers contributed importantly to the worker separations
and sales declines at Nabors Drilling USA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Nabors Drilling USA,
who are engaged in employment related to drilling services meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Nabors Drilling USA, Williston, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 19, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the date of certification through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of September, 2009


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance