DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,890

MI SWACO
A WHOLLY-OWNED BUSINESS OF
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

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, 2016 on behalf of workers of MI Swaco, a
wholly-owned business of Schlumberger Technology Corporation,
New Orleans, Louisiana (herein referred to as "MI Swaco").
Based on the information obtained during the investigation the
workers are engaged in drilling services. 19 U.S.C. 2272(c) of
the Trade Act defines a firm, or appropriate subdivision of a
firm, that engages in exploration or drilling for oil or natural
gas shall be considered to be a firm producing oil or natural
gas. Therefore, the firm the subject of the investigation is
engaged in activities related to the production of oil, natural
gas, and natural gas liquids; specifically, the workers the
subject of the investigation are supplying drilling and
drilling fluid engineering and consulting activities.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of activities related to the production of
oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids by MI Swaco have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of oil, natural gas, and/or natural gas liquids have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at MI
Swaco.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MI Swaco, a wholly-
owned business of Schlumberger Technology Corporation, New
Orleans, Louisiana, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids
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 MI Swaco, a wholly-owned business of
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, New Orleans,
Louisiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 8, 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 18th day of July 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance