DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,065

NOV HYDRA RIG
HYDRA RIG NITROGEN DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, LP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM EXPRESS PERSONNEL
DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA

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 June 9, 2009, on behalf of workers of NOV Hydra Rig,
Hydra Rig Nitrogen Division, a subsidiary of National Oilwell
Varco, LP, Duncan, Oklahoma. The workers produce nitrogen
equipment for coiled tubing, fracturing, and industrial
applications. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Express Personnel.
The investigation revealed that workers of NOV Hydra Rig
who are engaged in employment related to production of nitrogen
equipment meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers has been separated from employment during
the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of nitrogen equipment by NOV Hydra Rig have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with nitrogen
equipment produced by NOV Hydra Rig have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of nitrogen equipment by a significant
customer of NOV Hydra Rig contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at NOV
Hydra Rig.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of NOV Hydra Rig, Hydra
Rig Nitrogen Division, a subsidiary of National Oilwell Varco,
LP, Duncan, Oklahoma, who are engaged in employment related to
production of nitrogen equipment 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 NOV Hydra Rig, Hydra Rig Nitrogen Division,
a subsidiary of National Oilwell Varco, LP, including on-
site leased workers from Express Personnel, Duncan,
Oklahoma, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 5, 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 18th day of December, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance