DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,810

NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO LP
RIG SYSTEMS, OFFSHORE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ISYMPHONY LLC
HOUSTON, TEXAS

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 16, 2016 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of National Oilwell Varco LP, Rig Systems, Offshore
Division, including on-site leased workers from Isymphony LLC,
Houston, Texas. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of blow out preventers, drilling
spools, spacer spools, connections for flex loops and oilfield
related parts. The subject worker group is engaged in activities
related to the supply of administrative support services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at National Oilwell Varco LP, Rig Systems,
Offshore Division, including on-site leased workers From
Isymphony LLC, Houston, Texas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of National Oilwell
Varco LP, Rig Systems, Offshore Division, including on-site
leased workers From Isymphony LLC, Houston, Texas, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of administrative
support 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 National Oilwell Varco LP, Rig Systems,
Offshore Division, including on-site leased workers From
Isymphony LLC, Houston, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 13, 2015 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 10th day of August 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance